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Sad day, glad day

Our sad news first: our sweet, sweet kitty Cate left us for the Rainbow Bridge. Cate had lived at Sanctuary House for many years, and especially loved the other cats. Her best friends were Claudia and Bagheera. She often curled up for a nap with Claudia, or leaned against Bagheera who is at least three times bigger than Cate was! In the last few weeks Cate had decided to be a lap cat - I held her and listened to her purr, but in the end she wanted to stay nearest to Claudia. Farewell little Cate - we'll catch up again at the Bridge.

And the glad news - well it's the Winter Solstice of course! The shortest day and longest night in the Northern Hemisphere, but from now on each day is a tiny bit longer. . . we're safe on our way to Summer!

And it is St. Thomas' Day. The antiphon for the Magnificat on this day has always been one of my favorites, coming as it does in the middle of the Great O Antiphons of Advent: O Thomas Didymus, through Christ who suffered thee to touch him, we entreat thee, by thy prayers for us on high, to aid us in our miseries, lest we be doomed with the lost, when the Judge appeareth. 

 May all the blessings of the day be yours.

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