tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post2459900198437663677..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: MONDAY DIARY - CHAPTER 24Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-13115417686288195822008-09-23T16:12:00.000-07:002008-09-23T16:12:00.000-07:00Fr. V. ~ It must be really difficult to leave peop...Fr. V. ~ It must be really difficult to leave people behind that you've come to love and know like your own extended family. I know from our perspective, when a priest we love is moved on, it's difficult. My parish usually takes a newly ordained priest at least every other year, and if he's not moved after 2 years, then 3 for certain. Sometimes our Pastors aren't even around for very long before there's a transition. But even though it's difficult, we're happy for him (um....usually!), and really just wish maybe he could be cloned....<BR/><BR/>HEY! There's an idea for St. Clare's! Clone Fr. V.! <BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-40559125754643762762008-09-23T15:33:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:33:00.000-07:00I hear they are STILL CRYING THE BLUES up there at...I hear they are STILL CRYING THE BLUES up there at St. Claire's, Fr. V. Don't worry, we've been trying to keep them supplied with lots of Kleenex! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-67690848854901248302008-09-22T13:44:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:44:00.000-07:00Change is hard…even harder when you can’t talk abo...Change is hard…even harder when you can’t talk about it with friends. The people of St. Sebastian are glad to have you. As human beings we are afraid of change, but change is good! If nothing ever changed we would never grow.<BR/> <BR/>I also like the stores your doing about the windows, I’ve sat in the pews many times going over the stories that they tell, we are lucky here at St Sebastian to have so much wonderful artwork.<BR/> <BR/>If you think St. Sebastian took a hit with the windstorm. Jump over to my blog and look at St. Mary’s in New Albany, IN. my hometown, we were down there this weekend and they got hit much worse than us.<BR/><BR/>http://keithaweber.blogspot.com/Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06903202914396887882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-77622524297876529742008-09-22T13:07:00.000-07:002008-09-22T13:07:00.000-07:00OoohSparky - You had me worried!Thanks for the adv...Oooh<BR/><BR/>Sparky - You had me worried!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the advice Pat.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-63532527141278810582008-09-22T12:24:00.000-07:002008-09-22T12:24:00.000-07:00I better start putting smiley faces after sarcasti...I better start putting smiley faces after sarcastic comments or people are going to think I'm a jerk.<BR/><BR/>:-)!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-38210508899182128682008-09-22T10:29:00.000-07:002008-09-22T10:29:00.000-07:00Dear Father, In regard to your initial trepidation...Dear Father, In regard to your initial trepidation about the new assignment, I would like to offer something I heard regarding the Servant of God Terence Cardinal Cooke. On the night before his appointment as Archbishop of New York was to be made public, the Cardinal confided to his close friend, Bishop Patrick Ahern, that he was very sad. "They're going to put me on the cross and never take me down." The next morning, Bp. Ahern stopped by to see him and asked how he was doing. In response, Cardinal Cooke quoted what he had learned from his own father during times of great tragedy in their family life: "Even this won't be so bad. God will get us through it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-56343488281842489342008-09-22T09:21:00.000-07:002008-09-22T09:21:00.000-07:00Wow Pat, great to hear about your luck.If you have...Wow Pat, great to hear about your luck.<BR/><BR/>If you have any left over, send me some.uncle jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879341171634900790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-15647063621716429042008-09-22T08:22:00.000-07:002008-09-22T08:22:00.000-07:00Wow Pat, sorry about your luck.Wow Pat, sorry about your luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-44992369005315688922008-09-22T07:06:00.000-07:002008-09-22T07:06:00.000-07:00Dear Father, As you were preparing for your appoin...Dear Father, As you were preparing for your appointment, our parish was hoping for a pastor who would be "in touch with Catholic tradition," and who would make the Mass "reverential and consequential to our spiritual journey." Among other characteristics stated was for a pastor who was "not afraid to show his vocation;" a man of "deep personal prayer, rooted in scripture,... a good homilist"; and a pastor who would "improve our prayer life."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com