When one is on vacation, one wants to go at his or her own pace particularly if one's life is always programmed by time. This morning (July 29) was one of those times. We slept in late while Jacqueline had left earlier for work. When we finally woke up we decided to have a late breakfast at [...]
One thing about living in South Florida is that you can travel by plane to Barbados and back to Miami in almost the same time that it takes to drive to the north of the state of Florida. If we were to include the Keys, then add-on another 3 or 4 hours. It's amazing! However, [...]
We awoke to an overcast sky but still a beautiful day (July 27). I cannot remember the last time I was able to sleep in until 9:00 a.m. After breakfast and conversation, we went to our friends' church, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Fruitland Park, Florida. The building is small and gothic, but beautiful, built in the [...]
It's Tuesday, July 26, Judith's birthday, and we are all set to leave for our vacation. As usual, when there are children involved there is still so much to do when preparing for a trip. Packing for children is like moving house. You need to take everything - books, toys, crayons, pencils, pads, snacks, just [...]
This past weekend was a mixture of joy and sorrow - the joy of the marriage service of one of my parishioners and the sorrow of a funeral mass of another parishioner. As one family celebrated a joyous occasion on the evening of Friday, July 8, another family was to mourn and grieve the loss of a loved one on [...]
The week has been a very eventful one with a mixture of joy and sadness. It began with the joyous celebration of our Feast of Title on Sunday, June 26. In the evening, my family and I went to dinner at the home of some friends and parishioners. It was a great evening in spite [...]
Today, June 26, our church celebrated its Feast of Title, the day on which we commemorated the name of our church, "Holy Sacrament." It is like celebrating a Patron Feast or Patronal Festival of a church that bears the name of a saint, such as, St. Peter or St. Mary. Since our church is not named after a saint, the [...]
This morning, I attended my second Clericus Meeting since coming to south Florida, which was held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Oakland Parkway in Fort Lauderdale, about a 30 minute drive from my office, depending on traffic. I hosted my first Clericus Meeting at Holy Sacrament, about two months [...]