Friday (St Polycarp)

Worked from home during the morning, either side of a 10am appointment at the lawyer’s office for Brenda and me to sign revised end-of-life documents. I suppose there’s something serendipitously appropriate about facing our mortality within nine days of Ash Wednesday.
Read a substantive Ember Day letter from one of our seminarians, and replied with, I hope, some equal substance.
Took a phone call from one of our clerics over an ongoing parish issue.
Made some final tweaks to the music selections for the Chrism Mass and sent it off to the cathedral organist.
Lunch, still at home. Leftovers.
(In the office now.) Worked on my homily for Lent III (Springfield Cathedral), taking it from the “developed outline” to the “rough draft” stage.
Sat with my notes, and commentary notes, on the Passion according to St Mark. In time, a homiletical message statement for Palm Sunday (at the cathedral) distilled from that process. It’s not easy.
Prayer the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary. The window along the liturgical south/geographic north) side of the cathedral nave certainly make that an enhanced experience.
Took a first prayerful pass at the readings for Easter III, in preparation for preaching at St Thomas’, Salem on April 15.
Reviewed clergy nodal event greetings for March. Did some by hand-written note; others scheduled for email.
Evening Prayer in the office.