I know I missed yesterday but I did kind of, take the day off. I had the 10:30 Mass in the church and also the 5:30pm Mass. Between that I was going to go over to the Shrine for a 2:00pm Mass that Cardinal Wuerl was doing. He also was presenting awards (I think they were called ‘sharing the vision’), and my friend and the present principal of St. Michael’s, Lila was to receive one.
However, after Mass, I ran into Fr. Jim and he wasn’t going to the Shrine and I decided that a nice nap would be a good alternative.
I went back to bed after the Mass last night and – one thing – I can always sleep. Got up this morning very early (5:50am) because I had the 6:30am Mass. Haven’t had that Mass since last Summer. It was hard to get out of this warm bed.
I got up early because Fr. Terry Odien, who is the director of priests personel in Camden, is coming down for a meeting. He is going to meet me at St. Camillus parking lot and we’ll ride up to Philly together. Tonight, we’ll meet Joe Stoutzenberger and Fr. John Bohrer for supper. I’ll spend the night and take the train back tomorrow. It will be good to see them.
Also, last night when I was already in bed and realized that I hadn’t written on the blog, it occured to me that I had promised to write each day during Advent and Advent was over.
When I get home tomorrow and can think more clearly, I shall set another goal for myself. I have enjoyed these daily reflections – and so have a couple of friends and my sister, Maureen and her husband down in Georgia; that I would like to continue but I am not good at long term projects. We’ll see.
I didn’t realize your blog was only for ADVENT! I vote for all of 2011…unless you are traveling and give us a “heads up!”