Dear friends in Christ
On December 15 at 10am and December 19 at 12:40pm, the study of the book of Job turns to the interesting speech by the young man Elihu, who has been unnamed and unnoticed throughout the book until his abrupt appearance at chapter 32. Nonetheless, he speaks for 6 chapters uninterrupted. I will be looking at those chapters (32-37). You are welcome to join. Each class lasts about 40 minutes and we have coffee and tea in the room. The Sunday class is on the 5th floor, the Thursday class on the 2nd.
Note: the Sunday class continues every week, but after December 19, the Thursday class will not meet again until January 16.
A personal note: I have been much supported in prayer and with countless kindnesses from you since my wife, Susan, died last year. Tuesday, December 17, is the anniversary of her death. I would be grateful if you remembered her in your prayers then. (I will also be saying the 8am mass on that day, the simple ordinary mass in the chantry chapel; if you would like to begin that day with a short service, you are of course welcome to do so.)
What is it that Eliot says? “As we grow older, the world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicated, of dead and living.” There is sadness, yes, but there is not only sadness. There is also alleluia.
Peace.
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