What Paddy Shot At

Met with a lady who is undergoing cancer treatment this Monday and we prayed together. Please keep Julia in your prayers.
Then I had the 11am Mass. Today is the feast of the first male American citizen to be canonized. He was born in Bohemia but became a Redeptorist and worked in Baltimore and much of the middle Atlantic states. He was the 4th Archbishop of Philadelphia. When he first heard he was being considered for the position, he wrote to the Pope and told him that he was very short (5ft 1in) I think. He felt the Archbishop of Philadelphia should be tall and stately. The Pope wrote back and said, “I know you are not tall; but I am told that you are prayerful, that’s what Philadelphia needs! So accept my decision. I love the story behind the story and that’s why I love Church history.

After Mass, Bobby Chamber ( a GC alumnus) and his wife, Sue and their children, Joey and Abbey, and his mom, Corky picked me up and we went to Clyde’s for lunch. It was to celebrate Corkey’ birthday, which I had to miss. We had a great time. They are a family very special to me. When they brought me back, I gave them a tour of the rectory, which is decorated beautifully for the holidays. Then I took a nap.

I had confessions at 4pm and it was steady till 5. Then I drove over to Peter Connel’s Italian Inn, where we had a family gathering to see Justin Walburn. He has just returned (thank God) from Afganistan and is home in South Carolina for a month and then returns to California. His grandmother (Jean Pizza & Marie O’Connell Walburn) arrange for his aunts, uncles, and cousins to come and help him celebrate his 22nd birthday. It was loud and fun!!!

Then I stopped in to see Joan Beall. Her daughters, Ginny and Susan; and Scott, Sue’s husband were there and we had a nice visit. Sue and Scott have a plane and fly out to Wisconsin, so we talked a lot about that wonderful state. They brought me up to date as I didn’t know there were casinos there. Should make my March trip very interesing!!!

I have the 10:30am Mass in church tomorrow and the 5:30pm, so I will probably take a nap between them, so I can watch the Redskin game, which I think is around 4pm. So I’m going to bed now.

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