Wednesday (St Gregory the Great)

More or less still reeling from the shock of yesterday’s news … and still trying to keep upper respiratory crud at bay.
Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
Spent some time with Bonnie, the part-time secretary in the cathedral office, just talking through some emergent issues. Since it was Fr Roderick’s habit to personally prepare the Sunday service programs, I had to poke around his computer to retrieve and edit the documents for this Sunday and send them over to Bonnie.
Prepared the chapel for the 12:15 Mass.
Took care of some administrivia via email.
Devoted the rest of the morning to bringing into final form my notes for tonight’s Lenten series presentation at St John’s, Decatur (the series is called Unpacking Lent).
Went to the chapel for the midday Mass, but there were no takers.
Lunch from Taco Gringo, eaten at home.
Remained at home to work there through the afternoon. Spent most of it pulling together a rough draft of the service booklet for Fr Roderick’s funeral liturgy. In parish ministry, I was rather adept at this sort of work, but I’ve grown rusty. I got it done, though.
After attending to a couple more administrative matters, I hopped in the YFNBmobile and pointed it east toward Decatur. Attended the Mass, enjoyed a bite to eat, and delivered myself of about a 45-minute talk on the historical origins of Lent.