It’s always an early morning mass for us during Sundays. I usually wake up earlier than 5am to prepare for Sunday breakfast before we go the the 6:30 am mass. It s always nice to attend Sunday masses early. The weather is cool and the church is not too full. It was a good homily with Christ’ temptation at the mountain for a start. The good priest even quoted a popular song from long ago. It’s the first Sunday of Lent
It was written in Tagalog, sorry for that. It only mean that a lot of lives were destroyed because of greed and temptation. I like it though, the message is so clear. Keep yourself away from “tukso”.
Kayrami nang winasak na tahanan
Kayrami ng matang pinaluha
Kayrami ng pusong sinugatan
O, tukso, layuan mo ako
We dropped by the grocery store right after the mass then bought a kilo of sweet potato and saging saba at the wet market for snacks. Since Sunday is always a lazy day for us, and it means no preparation of elaborate meals, we also bought dinuguan for lunch from our suki (fave vendor). They sell lechon and paksiw na lechon too. Lechon is a whole roasted pig. They make the best so far.
Sundays are also family days for us. We spend them together at home reading, listening to music or just talking or having conversations and kwentos. We catch up on things that happened during the week whether at work or at home. Sometimes, we also do grocery shopping on Sundays.
One of my nieces is getting married on Tuesday, she’s the youngest of my oldest brother’s kids. They are born-again Christians so they have a different kind of nuptial ceremony from us. We are looking forward though to it.
Do you also spend Sunday like we do? Is it a lazy day for you too?
Sundays are blessedly lazy for me now. I was the organist/choir director at our church for 25 years. Enough said!
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You have retired from it Anne?
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Yes, I retired in 2014, and we moved 800 miles away. That was far enough.
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Oh, you must miss it.
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I never missed a service and was never late. If we are a few minutes late now, the roof doesn’t fall on us. Freedom!!! Instead of playing two services a Sunday, we choose which to go to. I do miss the people. Knew them all by the backs of their heads. Sundays are a pleasure now, not a work day.
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That’s nice Anne. What I mean is you must miss playing. I am glad to know you have nice Sundays now.
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I have a piano at home. I’ve been blogging instead of practicing. Some day I hope to get more balance in my life.
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Good for you. I don’t know how to play any musical instrument.
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But you know at least two languages! I can read English and musical scores.
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🙂 Wow
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Sunday is also a traditional lazy day here, except for the summer, when most people do gardening jobs, or projects. It is also the day when we tend to have the traditional biggest meal of the week, as we have time to prepare it.
This weekend, that means a joint of roast beef, with roasted potatoes and lots of vegetables. Hours to cook, then just minutes to consume!
Today is not so good though. The central heating and hot water has broken down, and it is pouring with rain, and chilly!
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s raining again? you seem to have lots of it. It is not yet summer here but it is getting there close enough. Oh gardening, I have quite neglected my small garden but Josef helped me with the grass trimming last week. I hope I could get my hands into some replanting and cultivating my bulb plants in the next few days. Thanks a lot Pete.
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It rains a lot here, Arlene. That’s why I am always complaining about the weather in my blog posts!
At least we enjoyed the roast beef, and the log-burner fire.
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Roast beef, yum yum. I haven’t tasted roast beef in quite a while.
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It was very tasty, Arlene!
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My husband is the head usher at our 11:45 morning Mass, so we always go early. I settle into a pew by myself and watch the congregation trickle in. It is very peaceful. Every Sunday evening we have prayer with a friend for 30 minutes, something we have done for 20 years.
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Lovely, Sunday prayers with friends. Thanks Elizabeth.
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A lazy Sunday here too usually. Thanks for sharing your world Arlene.
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You’re welcome Miriam. Thanks too for always visiting my blog.
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My pleasure Arlene.
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🙂
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