Hi, I thought I’d check in early as my day looks full and I’ll report how things went later. I had the 6:30am Mass and the 8 and I preached on Samuel and how the people wanted a king so “they’d be like the others”. It is still a temptation that we deal with often – wanting to be like others – rather than wanting to be “God’s people”. I think it went well. I also have the 11:00am Mass and will do a repeat. The pastor has the two nursing homes (you have to park aways and walk with the Mass kit) so he took them rather than make me do it. I am very grateful.
I will do exposition at 3pm and then go to Collin’s funeral home for the afternoon visitation at Ralph Kennedy’s. Then I’ll drive out to Gaithersburg for the evening wake for Sandy Vidas at St. Rose’s. I can’t make her funeral on Saturday since we have First Penance sessions at 9am and 12:30pm. I am hoping that the first session will finish by 10am and I can drive over to Ralph’s funeral at Resurrection in Burtonsville. We’ll see.
I think I may be really tired when I get home tonight, so I will probably write tomorrow.
Sounds like a lot of running around. Thank heaven it is not raining!!