English Class a la Carte
I got to eat at Deb’s tonight since she was having her grad class over. It was all veggie fare–red lentil soup with raita, tabbouli, deviled eggs and dill pickles, tuna salad, and some kind of yummy pasta salad with pine nuts, sweet red peppers, and Greek olives. Lots of good bread, herbal tea or lemonade, cookies/brownies with decaf and cream for dessert. I got to eavesdrop on their last class of the quarter–winding things up on British lit during the Great War. Don’t have a clue about the subject, but it was oh so interesting to listen in and to see my dear friend in her professorial element. Then outside on her deck to read in the twilight with my best friend dog at lying at my feet. Luckily Deb reminded me to come in one minute before 24! Oh, you bad Clansfolk who got me hooked! (Nancy shares some of the blame).
Last night KK and I went to Lex to the Cathedral for the Lifeteen Mass. I was hoping to see Fr. Paul but we had a newly ordained priest instead. Since I am a stranger in my own land at St. Mark I am now better off seeking a place to worship elsewhere. The music at the Cathedral for this Sun. p.m. Mass is incredible–contemporary Christian at its best. These people have recorded professionally. It is beyond me why our bishop chooses to broadcast on our Catholic radio station Masses from St. Luke (congregational minimalist singing) or St. Mark (Sat. night when no one but the cantor sings)instead of the lively and inspiring Masses with music that is concert-worthy yet totally congregational in participation from the Newman Center at UK or the Cathedral. I don’t understand.
I went to my interview at Barnes and Noble. Part time, $7 an hour, no benefits, but in the children’s dept. Don’t know how I did–I’m not used to interviewing. Then a Mexican sampler with KK before she headed back to G-town, a quick stop at Meijer (man, do I love their produce–great strawberries–2 quarts for less that $3), and back to KR. I kept thinking of the song they sang for Communion at Mass–it fits my life right now, as did the Good Shepherd Gospel:
Jesus My Everything by Matt Maher
I’ve been looking for a reason, I’ve been longing for a purpose
I’m losing all my meaning, I’ve run out of excuses
Lord, it’s hard to know you, I don’t always see your plan
But holiness is calling me so take me as I am
Cause you are my everything, you are the song I sing: I’d do anything for you.
Teach me how to pray, to live a life of grace, I’ll go anywhere with you
Jesus, be my everything.