Wednesday (St Teresa of Avila)
by Bishop Daniel
on October 15, 2014
- Morning Prayer in the cathedral.
- Prepared for my regular Wednesday midday Mass duty.
- Refined and printed my homily for Saturday’s institution of the Revd Beth Maynard as rector of Emmanuel, Champaign.
- Spoke by phone with a consultant to the Nashotah House board of trustees.
- Attended the regular monthly meeting a clergy associated with the cathedral. We mostly just “waste time,” but I mean that in a good way. Simply maintaining relationships bears fruit in the long term.
- Celebrated and preached the Mass for the lesser feast of St Teresa of Avila.
- Lunch at home; leftovers.
- Kept a 2pm dental hygiene appointment.
- Back at the office … returned a couple of phone calls.
- Wrote (and printed and signed and scanned and attached to an email) a letter licensing a lay person as a Pastoral Leader under the canons, to take care of one of our parishes in transition.
- Dashed off a hand-written note to Bishop Parsons, who broke his ankle last week, after twice unsuccessfully trying to reach him by phone,
- Evening Prayer in the cathedral.
- Grabbed some dinner from Subway, bringing it back to my office to consume.
- Worked on master sermon planning for the period from the beginning of Advent until the beginning of Lent. Did not complete this task, so it will have to continue tomorrow.
- Attended the regular October meeting of the cathedral chapter (on which I have seat, voice, and vote).