Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent

 Went to my two favorite places in Brandon.

I bought a book about the pitfalls of Spanish and a book by Sir Alec Guinness.

I then went to Saint Augustine’s to pray the stations of the cross. I had the place to myself.

Monday of the Second Week of Lent: 6:27 AM

 The morning before 7:30 AM is my favorite time of the day.  I love its silence , I can think and pray, I can be productive, and no one can put me in a bad mood.

Trump agreed to the attack on Iran.  It is, for me, the most problematic decision he has made.  I had been lead to believe that he wasn’t going to do this sort of thing. Listening to both sides; that is, to those opposed and for the attack, I don’t know which side is right.  All I can hope now is that this war ends quickly and decisively.  If it doesn’t, the world will be in an even more dire state than it is now, and the good that Trump has done will have amounted to nothing,

Souris Brandon Hills

 Tony drive to Souris and back.

We walked on the Souris Swinging Bridge.  I walked on the frozen river below it.

From Souris, we drove to the Brandon Hills.

Sunday Mass

 

Presided by Father Oliver.  In his homily, he said something about the transfiguration that I found inciteful. After it occurred, the witnesses and Jesus had to go down to Earth and deal with its business.  That’s what it’s like for me when I leave Mass.

I sat at the pillar seat.

Where I had a view of the tenth station.

Second Sunday of Lent: 6:57 AM

 Minus 27 outside.

I’ll go to 9:00 AM Mass.

Douglas Carberry Spruce Woods Wawanesa

 My son Tony & I went for a drive.

We drove east on the #1 to Carberry, then south through Spruce Woods Provincial Park, then west on the #2, stopping at Wawanesa which was a pretty little town.

Below is the video evidence:

Saturday of the First Week of Lent: Dawning of the Dawn

 6:48 AM

Friday Mass

 I made it to Staug just in time. I attended the Mass, finished praying the Rosary, and did the fourteen station of the cross.  I did the latter during the devotion.

Friday of the First Week of Lent

 It’s blowing outside.  Yesterday, it was so warm that I took off my jacket and left it in the card before I did some grocery shopping.  This morning, I wore my jacket, toque and scarf.  My son Tony tells me he is not yet used to a Brandon winter.

Yesterday, I talked to people in Santiago, Taiwan, Toronto and Torsby.

When attending mass yesterday, I came across this in a hymnal book:

That’s why I have been putting view photos in my blog entries.

I came upon the hymn when I misheard what a woman at church said was the hymn number.  It was an opportunity and I latched onto it.  And there was a reading today that has doubly made me realize I have another opportunity to fix something….    Pray it works, for it would be a miracle.

Thursday of the first week of Lent

 Going to the 9:30 AM Mass.

These ladies are praying the Rosary.