We kept 
our Christmas decorations up this year until the Baptism of the Lord, the 2nd Sunday of January. Our final Christmas holy hour was celebrated three days before the baptism on that last week of the Christmas season. We still find it hard to understand how so many take down their decorations just as the Christmas season begins. It must be because the Christmas decorations go up so early which preempts the entire Advent season which is one of the most beautiful liturgical seasons of the year, as we wait with Israel for Emmanuel to come.
our Christmas decorations up this year until the Baptism of the Lord, the 2nd Sunday of January. Our final Christmas holy hour was celebrated three days before the baptism on that last week of the Christmas season. We still find it hard to understand how so many take down their decorations just as the Christmas season begins. It must be because the Christmas decorations go up so early which preempts the entire Advent season which is one of the most beautiful liturgical seasons of the year, as we wait with Israel for Emmanuel to come.
The liturgical clothing of baptism is the pure white robes the catechumens receive as they emerge from the baptismal waters. Jesus blessed his Baptismal feast this year with one of the largest snow storms we’ve seen in these parts in years. All our priests managed to drive home from our weekend parishes and get back to the monastery that Sunday before the storm hit.
posted by john michael @ 10:50 PM
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3 Comments:
This is absolutely beautiful! I drive from time to time, since I live in Sheridan, and I can't help but look in amazement at the purified wonder I see. I do photography as a hobby and have a gospel group to photograph, I don't know your policies but I would feel very honored if we could take some pictures there. If you could respond I would very much appreciate it. Have a Blessed day.
Dear Terra, we allow photographers. We simply ask that you do us a favor the leave us a donation to help pay for the upkeep of this "castle."
John Michael,
I feel that I had totally lost contact with you. Lyda had a fellow Dutch oncologist visit us here in Leadville. She is an islander. She lives partly on the island of Manhattan, where she practiced oncology at Sloan Kettering, while Lyda was practicing in Houston at M.D. Anderson, and now on the island of Curacao where she is mainly retired. I haven't found out yet how she heard about your accident. Keep us posted.
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