I guess Sunday just flew by. I had the 10:30am Mass in the church and the 5:30pm Mass. I think I napped in between. I know I was “running out of steam, walking and preaching”. I did watch the game and it was disappointing to see the Redskins lose.
On Monday, I had the 11am and the 5:30pm Masses. Fr. Lucas is still away and so we have more Masses to cover. I went and met with the widow of the funeral I will have on the 15th. He was an ambassador and a good Catholic and I think his funeral will be a celebration of both. We worked on the readings.
Joan has been “bugging” me about the brakes on my car so I finally took them in and the guy says they’re good for another 3000 miles. Joan is angry with me because I told him to wait. I left the car overnight as I had no plans for Monday night. I was going to work in my suite on pictures that I’m going to have put on a DVD. However, at 7:25 (just as Wheel of Fortune was ending), Martino came to say they needed someone to lead the discussion on Eucharist for the RCIA. So I went and we had a very lively discussion. I was in bed by 10pm because I had the 6:30am Mass on Tuesday.
I had that Mass today, and afterwards Joan drove me over to pick up my car. Then I drove to Laurel and concelebrated the funeral Mass for Fr. Jim Betz. He was my associate at St. Bernard’s. He came into the priesthood late in life and retired last year. He had been a construction project manager and he did some great physical work in the churches he served. The funeral was at St. Nicholas and I had not been there for many years. He did a great job with the sanctuary. I saw a lot of the priests and a number of parishioners from St. B’s.
Since I had no other appointments, I decided to go to the movies. I tried to see Lincoln but it had already started; so I went and saw “Skyfall”, the James bond film. I do enjoy those films and I liked this one. Then I came home and took a nap. I slept through supper but I’m not hungry (Did eat popcorn at the movie!!) so I think I’ll go to bed because I have the 6:30am Mass tomorrow.
Well now, you’re up to date!!!
Just thought you would like to know that we are looking forward to a blizzard which is expected to bring up to 2 feet of snow starting at lunchtime on Thursday! I think this one may make it on american TV! I’m located on the east coast of the Avalon Penisula about halfway down to the Grand Banks. With the high winds, my house may be completely buried in snow! the grocery store was stripped down this afternoon. I am going to try and get some pictures of the high seas (30+ feet) from my backyard. By the way, the picture at the top of my Facebook page is what I normally see.
The Life of Pi is fantastic to see. So is The Hobbit (3-D is awesome) I intend to be working on my Christmas Cards and have moved about a 1/2 face cord of wood in to keep the place warm and giving me something to heat stuff up. The masonry heater is wonderful. So much better than the one I had to replace this summer. Having people build it who know what they are doing makes all the difference. Sorry to hear about Jim. Peace out…