December 2024 We now enter the 4th and final “BER” of the year. The “BER” months are packed with holidays and festivals, each more joyous than the last. September is the quietest of the bunch, but it’s just the calm before the storm. For me, I call from “Halloween to Epiphany” the Marathon. October brought … [Read more…]
November 2024 November often blows in like a hurricane. Other times it lingers like the warmth of a sunny day. It’s a month that we reflect on our gratitude, family holidays, Homecoming football, as well the flip side that many days of November are bleary. November is derived from the Latin novem, meaning nine. November … [Read more…]
October 2024 October, it’s the season of colorful foliage, pumpkin spice lattes, cooler weather, football and the anticipation of Halloween. We get a front row seat to fall’s kaleidoscope of reds, oranges and yellows. October is derived from “Octo,” the Latin word for eight. Libra and Scorpio rule. Opal and Tourmaline are the birthstones: opal … [Read more…]
September 2024 That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air…Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. -Wallace Stegner Well, here we … [Read more…]
August 2024 The month that brings us the dog days of Summer: oh-joy!The month that has us beginning to wish for Fall weather.The month that gardeners get weepy eyed as their favorite plants turn brown and wither away, and, yes, already have their eyes on what Fall plants will be moving into those gardens and … [Read more…]
July 2024 Spring was wonderful as we had quite a lovely one. Now into the throws of Summer we go. July and August are challenging in regards to the weather, with high temps, high humidity and some of those nasty thunderstorms that can make your teeth rattle and the hair on your neck stand up. … [Read more…]
June 2024 Hello, fellow Epiphanites!😉 Hope this finds each of you well & happy. Epiphany is also going well, and much happiness can be found within our walls. We enter June – the halfway point of the year – with continued hope that Epiphany will be blessed with a priest-in-charge soon. We have certainly been … [Read more…]
May 2024 Here we are, beginning our 5th month of this year. It simply amazes me how time flies and waits for no one. Liturgically, it is a time flying month as well and will include a day of honoring all the mothers of life. We begin with Rogation Sunday on May 5th. As has … [Read more…]
April 2024 Excerpted from “Who is Looking Forward to the Monday after Easter?” by Patreeya Prasertvit We are a forgetful people. Monday is perhaps the most forgetful day of the week. We live much of our lives with this escapist drive toward the weekend, thinking that those two days will fulfill all of our needs … [Read more…]
March 2024 Lent – a time to pray for others. As this season of Lent unfolds, you call us to return again and again. As you invite us to reflect on your love made visible in the person of Jesus, align our lives more closely with you through prayer, fasting and generous giving. Bless our … [Read more…]