My new Monday routine

This year, I get to lead Matins in the school on Mondays, preaching generally the Old Testament reading from the day prior. What a joy it was to sing with the children this morning and the handful of adults that gathered as well. We chanted our Matins with Psalm and Te Deum, hymn and prayers. When that’s over, the children get a bit of exercise as I prepare for instruction of the 3rd through 8th grade. This year, we’ll be walking through St. Mark’s Gospel. I introduced that briefly and we concluded our time together by singing a couple Baptismal hymns. So I head up to Church around 8 and get home around 9:30. And this year I have TWO granddaughters in my class on Mark!