The Tangible Goods and Intangible Good of Life

We had a busy day.

First, the house busy. While I cleaned and sorted inside the house and garage, Kevin and Travis filled a storage unit with the stuff we were keeping until there is time to get it to Paige's house. Most is for her to keep--we've set her up with lawn tools, house tools, car tools, toys and more. Some of it is stuff we can't get in the truck this trip; our bikes, some lawn chairs.

We feel like we accomplished much toward being ready to hand the house over to the tenants by April 1.

Second, and best, church busy. Today is the first day of the Triduum, that wonderful time in the Catholic calendar when Lent has ended and we prepare for Easter. Kevin and I both love the Triduum period--the liturgy is rich and speaks volumes to us, especially in this year of so many endings and beginnings in our own lives.

Tonight included the foot washing ritual which is so lovely in its unity of the community. Mike and Kathy Silvon were visiting from Pennsylvania. Kathsy is a breast cancer survivor from several years ago. She hadn't heard about Kevin's cancer and was very encouraging and offered that takes-doing-it-to-know-it compassion of one chemotherapy patient to another.

It was a beautiful and evocative liturgy and reminded us of how well St. Tom's celebrates our Catholic faith. Today was a day of contrasts between the tangible goods of our life together and the intangible good of our life together.