Spiritually DRAGGING

[~Anastasia~]

Went to church this morning, Father meeting me for Confession before liturgy. That went well. Attended DL and took Communion. Got a nice spiritual shot in the arm. Coffee hour was nice.

Another grace from God for me today in my first DL since being away 3 weeks was Deacon Brad, our retired, older deacon, helped serve the liturgy along with the usual deacon and Father. Deacon Brad has a VERY nice chanting voice, so the parts he took from my godfather deacon, wow, that really relieved a lot of wincing from the bull horn yelling! Yes, the gospel still was "yelled" rather than chanted, and the "Bless Master" was BBBLLLESSS MASSSSTERRRRR! but I guess some relief is better than none!

Overall nice day, but exhausting as always with my situation. Left at 8:20 am got home at 3:05 pm. Utterly tiring. No rest today and I was already pooped tired....

At least I'm back in the saddle....I'm not Kylissa level perky crazy fanatical off-the-charts ear-to-ear grinning, but I enjoyed the liturgy, the sermon, got two sacraments that really helped, and I'm back on track. I'll take it....

Glad things went well for you spiritually today! Wonderful that you got to enjoy some nice chanting instead of yelling. and I'm glad you got to have confession and communion.

Been praying for you. You have a lot going on right now, and I'm glad to hear you got some relief.

Kylissa-level-perky-crazy-fanatical??? Now why would you say that? I didn't go to Church at all yesterday, and I guess I didn't miss it too much. Ummm ... Course I did arrive before Matins started this morning. I wanted very much to go up on the solea to the icons of Christ and the Theotokos I first saw closely last week, but I wasn't early enough and I wasn't sure what is allowed.

But I'm very glad you had a good day. I hope you rest well tonight, since it was still tiring. Still praying for you and your family.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I was kidding with ya, Kylissa. We were talking about how hardcore you started your Orthodoxy after chrismation the other day. It was just a joke. You're not a fanatic at all.

Glad things went well for you spiritually today! Wonderful that you got to enjoy some nice chanting instead of yelling. and I'm glad you got to have confession and communion.

Been praying for you. You have a lot going on right now, and I'm glad to hear you got some relief.

Kylissa-level-perky-crazy-fanatical??? Now why would you say that? I didn't go to Church at all yesterday, and I guess I didn't miss it too much. Ummm ... Course I did arrive before Matins started this morning. I wanted very much to go up on the solea to the icons of Christ and the Theotokos I first saw closely last week, but I wasn't early enough and I wasn't sure what is allowed.

But I'm very glad you had a good day. I hope you rest well tonight, since it was still tiring. Still praying for you and your family.

 

[~Anastasia~]

I was kidding with ya, Kylissa. We were talking about how hardcore you started your Orthodoxy after chrismation the other day. It was just a joke. You're not a fanatic at all.

Awww, Joseph, sorry, I was teasing back! That's the problem with words on a screen, I guess they can be taken a wrong way.

I deleted the next paragraph though - the stuff coming up I WANT to go to but can't because of timing. I figured it was pretty OT to your thread.

But no, you didn't bother me at all. Sorry we can't express tone very well here!


(And maybe I am a fanatic ... but in that case, I've been one for many years ... Orthodoxy didn't turn me into one, it's just the perfect expression for what I already had )

Though baptism has certainly pulled me FAR from any spiritual slump (which I DO go through them!)