So much sadness, so many people being killed – this is very hard for cats to understand . . . we don’t forgive as easily as do the dogs, but we would never kill so many of our own. I don’t understand people at all. I asked Mom, but she doesn’t understand it either. I am trying to think about it, but even that makes me sad.
The weather is so hot here this week that Mom has moved all of the upstairs cats into the two air conditioned rooms – mostly they are fine with that, except Aubrey and Robin keep growling, just quiet growling so Mom knows how they feel about moving; but I know they all feel better being cool.
We also were sad to hear that Bishop Ed Browning died last Monday – we didn’t know him of course, but Mom had met him and she said he was a very kind, holy man. Many people have written wonderful things about him, but we remember especially that he said “there will be no outcasts in the Episcopal Church.” He was welcoming to everyone, even people who were feared and hated by others. He was the 24th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church here in the United States. Tomorrow, when Mom leads Morning Prayer at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Princess Anne, she will say this prayer: O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of your servant Edmond, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the followship of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. [BCP, p. 493] I bet Bishop Browning is already in the land of light and joy, and hope he is praying for all of us in the world, too – we need his wisdom and his love now.
I think I need to help Mom find a good book to read – last night she was reading about dogs with atopic dermatitis – we don’t even have any dogs with that problem! But when Mom is between good books she’ll read almost anything. I hope she’ll find a good book about wonderful, wise, brave, intelligent cats – I would love to read that book over her shoulder!
Until next time,
Stay safe; pray always; keep in touch.
Gus
The weather is so hot here this week that Mom has moved all of the upstairs cats into the two air conditioned rooms – mostly they are fine with that, except Aubrey and Robin keep growling, just quiet growling so Mom knows how they feel about moving; but I know they all feel better being cool.
We also were sad to hear that Bishop Ed Browning died last Monday – we didn’t know him of course, but Mom had met him and she said he was a very kind, holy man. Many people have written wonderful things about him, but we remember especially that he said “there will be no outcasts in the Episcopal Church.” He was welcoming to everyone, even people who were feared and hated by others. He was the 24th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church here in the United States. Tomorrow, when Mom leads Morning Prayer at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Princess Anne, she will say this prayer: O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of your servant Edmond, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the followship of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. [BCP, p. 493] I bet Bishop Browning is already in the land of light and joy, and hope he is praying for all of us in the world, too – we need his wisdom and his love now.
I think I need to help Mom find a good book to read – last night she was reading about dogs with atopic dermatitis – we don’t even have any dogs with that problem! But when Mom is between good books she’ll read almost anything. I hope she’ll find a good book about wonderful, wise, brave, intelligent cats – I would love to read that book over her shoulder!
Until next time,
Stay safe; pray always; keep in touch.
Gus