tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post113434564195954617..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Rejoice! Pray! And wait...Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-37543041302244007302008-11-02T02:36:00.000-06:002008-11-02T02:36:00.000-06:00OH I'm most always joyful!!but putting up the deco...OH I'm most always joyful!!<BR/><BR/>but putting up the decorations at the beginning of Advent (now earlier is a bit too much) only heightens the WAITING...doesn't detract from it or become "cheating"............<BR/><BR/>It builds the anticipation from the first house with lights to the first creche. From Ave Maria and O Little Town of Bethlehem to Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (my personal fave 'carol') the excitement, the anticipation builds....<BR/><BR/>and I rejoice in it all!<BR/><BR/>You and my husband can relate though, he's a humbug of the first order...doesn't want to decorate till the 24th. oh, gee....we'll be excited about the BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR for a whole 24 hours. wow.<BR/>nah, I'll take the full 25 days, thanks.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.com