Good Friday

When you live alone it is not hard to find some peace and quiet. But I usually have some sort of background noise to keep me company; the TV, radio, or music.

Today was different. No TV or radio or music, although I did indulge in some Triduum chants and some YouTube Catholic reflections.

I was not used to hearing the usual sounds we make all through the day. Walking, hearing myself eat, the refrigerator starting up, my typing, etc. We are not used to silence. But today is a day for it. This is not a normal day.

I had coffee but without sugar, ate a very light breakfast - had to take my pills. Lunch was a cheese sandwich on rye, and dinner was a small salad. I even stayed away from the usual Diet Coke.

I was thinking of going to the Good Friday liturgy at church, but my sorry self had a nap instead. I did make time for the Stations of the Cross on the Internet. http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/overviews/seasons/lent/stations.cfm

So it was a day of quiet, rest, reflection, and some Bible reading - I'm reading a commentary on Romans. I also spent the day reading various posts from Catholic blogs.

A couple of months ago I started my own iGoogle page and I ran across Google Reader which allows you to get new posts from subscribed blogs. In the past couple of weeks I have subscribed to a number of them - seeing which ones I like - so far I like most of them.

Here is a sampling:
The Anchoress http://theanchoressonline.com/
The Catholic Tube http://www.catholic-tube.com/
The Deacons Bench http://deacbench.blogspot.com/
Fr. Victor Brown’s Catholic Daily Message http://frbrown.wordpress.com/
The Catholic Knight http://catholicknight.blogspot.com/
Bonfire of the Vanities http://frmartinfox.blogspot.com/

So the day, or shall I say evening, continues in quiet. Back to Romans.

Pax et Bonum.