I had the 8:00am Mass today. The intention was for Fr. David Thompson, a priest of our Archdiocese who died ten years ago. He is the son of our permanent deacon, Daniel Thompson, whom I have a great affection for. At the homily, I reminded them of something Fr. Jim Cooney said when I was a young priest. We were coming from the funeral of a priest whose parents were deceased and he was their only child. Jim said, “Nothing deader than a dead priest”. I was stunned but Jim said, “No one in the family to pray for you, you’re just forgotten”. I was offended but I made up my mind that I would pray for dead priests all during my priesthood. There is a little book, called the Ordo, in the sacristy of most churches and it tells which priests of the Archdiocese had died on that date. So I always look at it, and it is surprising how many priests I know and can remember to say a prayer for. In my homily, I asked the people to think about some priests who they knew and who had served them and were now dead. I asked them to pray for them today. I even used the prayers for a deceased priest during the celebration. It was a good Mass.
I had a doctor’s appointment with my pulmonary man and he said things are the same and I needn’t come see him for about three months and we’ll do another Cat Skan. He is great doctor and has the kindest face. I also stopped by my regular doctor to see about getting a handicapped parking sticker. She will mail me the form.
I also made arrangements to finally have my sleep apnia test. I will do it tomorrow night at Sibley. I don’t want to but I promised the doctor I would. I’ll try to be open to it and the results.
I had two Confirmation interviews and went out to a restaurant with my cousin Jean Denney. We have been planning it for months with other cousins but we just stopped trying to arrange it and found the first night we were both free. We had a great time and “caught up” on the family.
I think I’ll head over to the rectory and turn in
Happy to hear that the doctor visit went well!!!