Friday in the Octave of Easter, April 6, 2018

                                      __________Psalm 136:1a, 13

       Give 

     thanks 

     to the 

       Lord  

       who 

     divided 

       the 

       Red 

       Sea, 

       for 

       his  

       mercy endures forever.  

* When I talk about the Octave of Easter I always think of my Mom. A regular church-goer, one Easter 

we arrived at their house for Eater dinner and I asked how church was. “I didn’t go" she said. She was too busy getting ready for the family, but she didn't say that. “You didn’t go on Easter? “I asked, aghast.  “Oh”, she replied sanguinely, "I’ll get my Easter Communion within the Octave….”