Yesterday was very full. At 9:00am I came over and “tried” to striaghten up my desk. How it got so messy in less than a week; I don’t understand. At 10:00am I had a baptism, Bennett Andrew. At 11:00am, I baptized Grady James. Then at noon I had a memorial Mass for Charles Kenneth. He was an elderly veteran at the Old Soldiers’ Home and donated his body to science but he use to come to this church and loved it. His Godchild, Sherri is a friend of my sister, Maggie and called to see if we could do this – and of course, we could.
At 1:00pm, I baptized Luke Alexander. I married his parent last year. The groom was from Good Counsel and the bride from Moldavia ( I think it use to be part of Yugoslavia). They come to church here and it was nice to see his parents and her father, who is visiting from Moldavia. I went to the reception afterwards, which I don’t usually do. The Godfather is also a GC student and I recognized him even though he now has a “man’s face” and two children.
Then I took a nap.
I had the 5:30pm Mass and I always enjoy the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. My cousin, Ann Brown O’Connell, came to Mass and then she and I drove over to Kate Jensen’s housewarming party. Hard to believe, I got lost. Somehow crossing the Potomac just puts my map skills into a spin. We called them and they led us through the directions. She has a lovely house (although I didn’t go upstairs or downstairs) and is justly proud of it. In addition to her parents; her brother Christopher was there as he is home for Thanksgiving. There were lots of people there, the food was great and Ann and I had a great time. We got home in half the time it took us to get there!!
I went right to bed as I had the 7:30am Mass on Sunday. I just finished it and thought I’d try to get something out before we go and hear confessions for the CCD children at 8:45am. I have Communion help at the 9:00am Mass, so will cut out around 9:30. Then I head to Pittsburgh and an evening with Kathleen Morris and David Havern, whom I will marry in January. Hope to spend the night at Bob’s and then have a meal with Tom, Richard, and Bill. Then right home, as I have the 5:30pm Mass and the RCIA presentation on Monday night. Shall write again when I have time – either Monday or Tuesday.
I can understand how your desk becomes messy: you throw things on it as you fly on to the next event! I have a vision of a mound of these baptismal forms….
Hope you do not encounter snow or deer on your Pittsburgh trip!