It's Sunday evening, and it seems appropriate to start this new style of blogging with category #1, tag "a". As that would be the first part of my Rule, then it's Eucharist. Today I did something quite unAnglican: I took communion twice. I guess it's all right, though, because it was two different communities. An Anglican priest once told me that it was okay as long as the two communities were distinct. So, this morning it was with the regular congregation of the Cathedral, my new parish. Then this afternoon, although it was again in the Cathedral, and many of the people were the same as in the morning, most of the people were from other parishes. It was an induction ceremony for the Order of New Westminster, a new honour that the Anglican Church in this diocese can bestow on extraordinary people who have given outstanding service to the Church and Community. Several of the honorees were in their nineties! I knew about half a dozen of them, out of a total of 45 people.
Some of you will remember that I left my previous parish at the end of August for very painful reasons. Now I have to say that the Cathedral is the best possible cushion to land on. The services are all beautiful, the music is uplifting, the surroundings are bright and cheerful, and the people are very welcoming and friendly. It doesn't get any better than this.
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