Thursday the 2nd: Holy Thursday

 First reading from Chrism Mass

Isaiah 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
            because the LORD has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly,
            to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
            and release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the LORD
            and a day of vindication by our God,
            to comfort all who mourn;
To place on those who mourn in Zion
            a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning,
            a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit.

You yourselves shall be named priests of the LORD,
            ministers of our God shall you be called.

I will give them their recompense faithfully,
            a lasting covenant I will make with them.
Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations,
            and their offspring among the peoples;
All who see them shall acknowledge them
            as a race the LORD has blessed.

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Wednesday the 1st: Wednesday of Holy Week

 Isaiah 50:4-9

The Lord GOD has given me
            a well-trained tongue,
That I might know how to speak to the weary
            a word that will rouse them.
Morning after morning
            he opens my ear that I may hear;
And I have not rebelled,
            have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me,
            my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;
My face I did not shield
            from buffets and spitting.

The Lord GOD is my help,
            therefore I am not disgraced;
I have set my face like flint,
            knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
He is near who upholds my right;
            if anyone wishes to oppose me,
            let us appear together.
Who disputes my right?
            Let him confront me.
See, the Lord GOD is my help;
            who will prove me wrong? 

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Tuesday the 31st: Tuesday of Holy Week

 Isaiah 49:1-6

Hear me, O islands,
listen, O distant peoples.
The LORD called me from birth,
from my mother's womb he gave me my name.
He made of me a sharp-edged sword
and concealed me in the shadow of his arm.
He made me a polished arrow,
in his quiver he hid me.
You are my servant, he said to me,
Israel, through whom I show my glory.

Though I thought I had toiled in vain,
and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength,
Yet my reward is with the LORD,
my recompense is with my God.
For now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
That Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength!
It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. 

 

 

Monday the 30th: Monday of Holy Week

 Isaiah 42:1-7, one of the Songs of the Suffering Servant, is the first reading for Mass.

 Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased,
Upon whom I have put my Spirit;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
Not crying out, not shouting,
not making his voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed he shall not break,
and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
Until he establishes justice on the earth;
the coastlands will wait for his teaching.

Thus says God, the LORD,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spreads out the earth with its crops,
Who gives breath to its people
and spirit to those who walk on it:
I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice,
I have grasped you by the hand;
I formed you, and set you
as a covenant of the people,
a light for the nations,
To open the eyes of the blind,
to bring out prisoners from confinement,
and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

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Friday the 27th: Pie and bookstores

 On Tuesday I forgot to include the picture of the triple berry rhubarb pie with ice cream. We also visited a bookstore so I needed to remember what I should buy for the Husband after our move.

 

 

Thursday the 26th: Food of the Week

 *Sunday we had chili; I always use this recipe from Penzeys and make the full batch because the Husband really loves chili.We also for supper made a banana walnut salad with homemade vinaigrette.

*Monday I made tacos, this time with ground beef, seasoning, frozen hashbrowns, onion, and frozen corn.

*Tuesday I made Bratwurst Potato skillet with potatoes, onion, apples, brats, and then a little bit of sugar and butter to make a sauce. It's one of my favorites.

*Wednesday I had a concert so we had leftovers and food from McDonald's.

*Tonight we are having pasta because I'm craving it. 

*Friday the boy is making red lentil buffalo sloppy joes. He picked it out. I shrugged. 

Wednesday the 25th: Music of the Week

 *We have a concert tonight with the other two Catholic high schools in our county, so our two biggest choirs are performing three songs each. We will keep these songs around though for our large group State festival in April, and then we will move to songs for our final concert.

*Tomorrow our chamber group sings a chant for Offertory Mass with the Archbishop, and then our A Cappella group sings a communion meditation, Crucifixus by Lotti.

*I have two Palm Sunday Masses this weekend at two different parishes.

*And then I have a Good Friday service and two Easter services.

So lots of work to do!