I slept great on Sunday and came over late on Monday for the 11am Mass. I love that we are reading the Acts during this time. It makes me proud of how couragious the Apostles and the early disciples were.
The rest of the day was easy. I interviewed 11 First Communicants and that is always a delight. I’m trying to clean this desk but the stuff keeps multiplying! Spent the evening talking on the phone and relaxing. Had a great long talk with Ann Lee in Florida and caught up on all her family.
Tuesday, I had the 11am Mass and I preached about violence and we prayed for the people in Boston. Then I had “Tuesdays with Fr. Maury”. We shared our thoughts and feelings about violence and forgiveness. There were some wonderful stories of people who experienced terrible events and yet forgave or tried to forgive. I shared a power point that I had received that morning about 4 candles. Three (Peace, Faith, and Love) had gone out but the last (Hope) was used to rekindle the flames of the others. I just told it because I don’t know how to print out a power point; but I got email addresses and mailed it to many of them. We had a wonderful session.
Then I interviewed 8 First Communicants. They just “rekindled” my hope for the future of the world and the Church. In the evening, I met with Kelly and Jimmy about their wedding in two weeks. Msgr. Beattie had married her parents and baptized her; and they wanted him to officiate at the wedding. He just isn’t up to that yet, so I am “going in” for him. Poor substitute!
On Tuesday, Brother Francis, the principal of San Miguel School called to see if I could “sub” for a priest who was scheduled to say Mass for the boys, and had to cancel out at the last moment. I said sure.
So today, Wednesday, I stopped by Collin’s Funeral home to arrange for some memorial cards for a Mass next week and then drove to San Miguel. It is on Georgia Ave in Takoma Park. I’ve been there to hear confessions and I am really impressed by the work the Christian Brothers do there. The school is for 6 thru 8th. It is all boys and most of Hispanic. Almost all the 8th graders get into Catholic High Schools and that isn’t easy!!! Keep all there in your prayers.
I just put out the Blessed Sacrament and am doing more interviews until Mass at 5:30pm. Then I will go to a local Greek restaurant and meet the parents of a couple whose wedding I have in June. The couple wants us all to get together and I think it will be fun to all be together.
Tomorrow, Thursday I’ll pick up Joan B around 9:30 and head North. We’ll stop at my travel agent to settle some things about a cruise our group would like to take in July and then we’re going up to Shrewsbury and have lunch with Betty Neary. It’s my day off and I get to play on that day. I’ll write on Friday.
Give my love to Joan and Betty.
Where are you planning on going on the cruise?