Did you feel it?

 4.9 off Paraparaumu. 6:34 am

For me it was one little quick jolt followed a few seconds later by sharp backwards and forwards movement. 1234! Over in half a second. 

I was sitting with my back facing away from the fireplace above which is the old brick original chimney. Not a wise choice of seating. I'll move my chair and rearrange the lounge later. 

I've been wearing my moon boot again. It helps a lot. There is almost no pain when walking this morning. I'll wear it for a few weeks when I work and go out. 

Off to church in about an hour. 

Lets take a look at today's readings.

First reading: 1 Corinthians 4:6-15

Paul warns of taking sides. He thinks God has put the apostles at the end of the parade with the men sentenced to death....fools for the sake of Christ...we have no power. He says they go without food and drink and clothes, are beaten and have no homes, and work for a living with their own hands. We are treated as the offal and scum of the earth. "It was I that begot you in Christ by preaching the good news".

Psalm 144

"The Lord is near to all who call upon him".

Gospel Luke 6:1-5

Jesus goes for a walk through the cornfields on a Sabbath. The Pharisees see Jesus' disciples picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. They say "why are you doing something that is forbidden on the Sabbath".

Jesus answered them "So you had not read what David and his followers did when they were hungry- how they went into the house of God and took the loaves of offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which only the priests are allowed to eat?" And he said to them, "The Son of Man is master of the Sabbath".

"The sun will rise again and so will you". 

PS  Comments aren't available at the moment. Don't blame myself or the Lord.

Later

We had a nice morning tea at 11. I sat next to Lupi who brought some interesting bread from his Samoan culture. It was jolly nice. Not leavened but had coconut and a little sugar. It's sad we can't buy such breads at local supermarkets.

After work I went to Church to say a Rosary.  I sat in the chapel alone while next door I could hear the service through a loud speaker near the statue of Mary. It was for a nun. Sister Pauline. I included her in my rosary while next door was just the clatter of voices. I sang along with one of the hymns that I knew to help Father Jim who was microphoned who seemed a little alone. It's very rare to hear strong male voices at church ceremonies. Women predominate. It's like society worships everything woman. What has happened to the strong male chorus of soldiers marching as to war. Maybe that was a Hollywood fiction. The lumberjack song comes to mind...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6mzobwTYyo&list=RDB6mzobwTYyo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUcbW9udHkgcHl0aG9uIGx1bWJlcmphY2sgc29uZ6AHAQ%3D%3D

Have fun and don't sin.

 

4

 Its the sixth day of the week. We call it Friday but it begins in the night. In fact half of Friday is night. There is a sudden movement of air outside that we call wind. 

Paul says "There must be no passing of premature judgement, leave that until the Lord comes" in tonight's first reading.

I sip my tea with honey. 

There is a morning tea at work today. Women enjoy them. Since most of my work mates are women they happen despite my objections. Oh well, not like I have to give a speech. Sometimes I get asked to say grace. Sometimes grace is Samoan. But I don't . If I'm asked today I might say a prayer in Latin. "Pater Nostra quies in cellie....". 

I've nothing planned this weekend. Home alone. 

"The smallest acts of kindness can create a ripple effect of positivity".

2

 Have fun and water God's garden with love and charity.

1 September. Not Spring.

 Sorry readers, been a tad indefatigable. 

I read that poor TC has gout. Don't envy him. Beware of charlatans!

RBB has been reduced to eating weeds. I feel guilty accepting his chocolates and cake now.

Today is the first day of spring. That is the Meteorological first day at least and lasts three months. The Astronomical first day is the 23rd at 12.05pm. The Ecological first day is when flowers bloom, trees get leaves and temperatures consistently rise. It doesn't feel like Spring to me so I will use the Ecological definition. I'll let you know when it happens. Why are the Seasons three months? Evidently it's statistically conveneint for Governments. The Catholic Church just calls today the 22nd week of ordinary time. It's the feast day of St Giles the hermit.

"An unspiritual person is one who does not accept anything of the Spirit of God; he sees it all as nonsense. A spiritual man, on the other hand, is able to judge the value of everything, and his own value is not to be judged by other men...."Who can know the mind of the Lord...we are those who have the mind of Christ". 1 Cor 2:10-16

The Gospel is cool. Jesus comes across a man who was possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil. "Ha! What do you want with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God". It said. 

" The present moment is a gift, cherish it".

Sunday pm

 On Friday we decided to detour from the Transmission Galley route home and stop off at the Fisherman's Table for a fish lunch at Paekakariki. I turned off at Waikanae thinking we would have a drive on the old route and was bemused that the only road went west to the beach. Google redirected me onto the motorway again as I hadn't remembered that they had reused part of the 'old' road. My beloved L was nice and didn't give me too much of a hard time, just saying "Why didn't you turn of at the same place we did last time". There's no arguing with a woman's logic. 

We had a luncheon on Saturday which went very well apart from Rod forgetting and RBB having to ring him up and remind him. To his credit he arrived in half an hour. 

On the way back past Sanson, or was it Shanon, we found this car. Why did they name two towns that are at key junctions so similar. "Which way did you come, Shanon or Sanson?" 

..."err yer I think so umm ..".

I pulled up ...

at this gate...

The gate.

There was no sign of life.

It was a wonderful weekend. Many thanks to all the Prowses who contributed to making the Saturday lunch so enjoyable.