I spent a few hours at church on Friday with some of the children, putting away the Christmas decorations, cleaning, and changing the altar cloths from the white of the feast days to the green of ordinary time.
Christmas church.
Ordinary church.
And the Infant of Prague in his ordinary green robe.
It was remarkably warm on Friday, much to the pleasure of the two lambs we have now.
Both female.
We knew, however, that some nasty weather was on the way, so we spent the rest of Friday preparing for it. I assigned each of the children a chore involving firewood.
Filling the wood holder near the door, splitting kindling, picking up kindling, and filling the wood holder inside.
The snow, wind, and cold arrived on Saturday.
Brrr.
There was a lot of reading by the woodstove.
Sharing the stove with the frozen sausages thawing.
Even colder weather is expected in the next couple of days, so we'll see if we end up going to school.
There you have it! My life, snapshotted.
7 comments:
Such a lovely church. Which saint is portrayed in the statue to the left of the altar? It's very realistic.
Stay warm!
I agree w/mbmom11. Your church is quite lovely! We are in for some really cold temps this week here in the northeast, after a snowstorm today.
I agree too! I think that saint might be St. Therese of Lisieux? She seems to be holding roses, that's usually how she is shown.
Yup, that's right! Although for the longest time, I thought it was supposed to be Mary. I am not good with saints' iconography. :-)
As Kit said, it's Saint Therese of Lisieux. And it is VERY realistic. When I climb up there to cover her with the purple cloth during Holy Week, I always find her eyes sort of unsettling. It looks like she's staring right at me. :-)
Good luck weathering the blast!
Speaking of saints, I recently read HILD, a long, fairly difficult, and beautifully written book about the girlhood (imagined) of St. Hilda during the 7th century. It's by Nicola Griffin and based on the fairly sparse historical facts of that period of warring tribes in Great Britain. If you read it, it would be helpful to chart the characters as you go. Or you can just read it for the quality of the prose;I loved the descriptions of nature. MIL
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