I need an Oratory!

Okay, I don’t need an Oratory.

But I need one.

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My Oratory will not be so elaborate

My husband, who is a very fine woodworker when he has time to indulge the hobby, has already been assigned the task of building me a prie-Dieu. I’m not expecting it any time soon, but I know eventually he’ll make something beautiful.

In the meantime, I am re-doing an old escritoire; hopefully most of my icons will fit on the shelves, and the writing-desk part will be for a seasonal icon, candles…maybe a little incense. A little vase for a posy.

Yep. Gonna put an Oratory in my bedroom! Someday.

But I’m excited, all the same! A quiet place to pray, at a time when we all could really stand to be praying.

What would your oratory be like? Where?

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