Archive for December, 2008
OK it’s time for the twelve days of Christmas, as we begin Day 5 “Five Golden Rings.” In high school and seminary choir, always my favorite part to sing. As always the media gets it wrong when we worry about the 12 days coming before or after, or if we try to total the gifts [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Among priests this week is referred to as confession week. Every parish is having thier annual advent penance services, and every priest is running around from parish to parish helping out. I also discovered a new web site during my early morning coffee. It is www.bustedhalo.com. It had a question box that I read this morning, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We are all nuts
The other thing that I missed while not blogging was my anniversary as a priest. It’s been 33 years ago last Nov. 29th, and the weather was similar to this year. It caused me to think about my experiences and what I learned. I put this together as a going away gift for my last [...]
I feel I have to catch up
Well since I was away we also celebrated Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times to celebrate mass because people are there who want to be there. It’s refreshing. Also the obvious connection with giving thanks and what we do at the eucharist. The word Eucharist is Greek for giving Thanks. It comes from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Sorry Again.
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It’s been too long since I have been away from my blog. The last of October was spent visiting Monsignor Dennis Schaefer in Anna, IL. Also a few weeks latter I went to visit our seminarian Sean Cieslik at St. John Vianney Seminary in St. Paul MN. First measurable snow was there, way back on [...]
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