tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57458143784169153642024-03-07T20:06:22.791-08:00ADAM'S ALEFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2909125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-825773300336498332021-01-02T12:23:00.007-08:002021-01-02T12:28:07.513-08:00MONDAY DIARY: ALMOST EXCRUCIATINGLY TRUE STORIES: THE CASE OF THE TRAIL OF BRASSIERES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNDxQKfECz8im__jLrNfREsEY3HqjodknDVtmFmzebyeE3TxJmqUaheC460mqEF9YtPvvAusTe4Xn-QEKVBo9-LDVXfrtxOp9Ruzcyb7NpmTjoxP4Wm44fBuRH3rfnlCowHRrSCUoZkPw/s2048/IMG_2802.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNDxQKfECz8im__jLrNfREsEY3HqjodknDVtmFmzebyeE3TxJmqUaheC460mqEF9YtPvvAusTe4Xn-QEKVBo9-LDVXfrtxOp9Ruzcyb7NpmTjoxP4Wm44fBuRH3rfnlCowHRrSCUoZkPw/s320/IMG_2802.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I</span></b>t was a damp, wintery morning in West Akron. I was just about to start a quiet, early morning doing that for which it was intended: drinking coffee and mediating. It was just then that the phone began to ring disturbing the peace and quiet that so rarely descended upon my rooms. That didn't bode well. Nobody called that early in the morning to tell you that you've won the lottery or to compliment you on your flower garden. I picked up the call with trepidation. But when you are in my line of work, that's what you do.</div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course there had been a crime committed. 2021 was already reminding me that crime doesn't take a holiday. A cell phone and wallet had been lifted from the church during Mass. It's something you learn living in this world: from time to time everybody goes to church. Even crime.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I told the dame on the line not to worry. Spangler and Valencheck were on the case. If this crime could be solved, we were probably the ones who would spend Saturday morning trying to do it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I recalled that earlier, when I was out walking my dog,Chester (named after G. K. Chesterton) we had come across a woman smoking a cigaret outside of the church during Mass, an odd time for that. I didn't think much of it at the time and I wished her a Happy New Year. Now it occurred to me she could be the New Year Robber.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Immediately I put word out on the street about the case. Similar reports came in from around the neighborhood - trash cans being rummaged through, missing items. A probable sighting came in from a neighbor up the street. I grabbed my dog Chester and my trusty sidekick Spangler and we went investigating.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We covered the streets between the church and the supposed sighting, looking in gutters and culverts, bushes and trashcans, all the regular hiding places of things people don't want found. It was dirty, grueling work, but when you are dealing with filth, one has to get dirty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WHlsG97Dc_4T6uY-vtaSd-EKnyf5FIIKHpz1vDpBi8su-Pmrj-8Qdv0bH_JiBNIqqtP0dr1JhbO9bBWfWvPgPZTSaQrr1hcCQN7ZeAkglaIsKZaAua14CsoO7t3thnm0UfhsPM0VyD4Y/s2048/IMG_2803.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WHlsG97Dc_4T6uY-vtaSd-EKnyf5FIIKHpz1vDpBi8su-Pmrj-8Qdv0bH_JiBNIqqtP0dr1JhbO9bBWfWvPgPZTSaQrr1hcCQN7ZeAkglaIsKZaAua14CsoO7t3thnm0UfhsPM0VyD4Y/s320/IMG_2803.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Persistence paid off. We started finding a trail of discarded items: small electronic devices, papers and unrecognizable women's undergarments.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGcrc6KQCbG2oifvV2Qj-snlH-DfL9m4P2C5ud86RPQKAQiQMzsUy8QrudpIFb7QnXM9xXJQYuLxkxl-4gHEpgLfewyrrwzGDn1FmX4k1O-71XC_RqBWoHKhx_Sr21JlNfTjjTe398CDo/s2048/IMG_2804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGcrc6KQCbG2oifvV2Qj-snlH-DfL9m4P2C5ud86RPQKAQiQMzsUy8QrudpIFb7QnXM9xXJQYuLxkxl-4gHEpgLfewyrrwzGDn1FmX4k1O-71XC_RqBWoHKhx_Sr21JlNfTjjTe398CDo/s320/IMG_2804.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">We traveled all over West Akron following the trail of brassieres. But the trail gave out just like the elastic on those garments. We were at a crossroads. To go the wrong way could lead to a loss of valuable time and every investigator knows that minutes can make the difference between a solved case, and a case as cold as old pizza in the refrigerator that you keep around because it feels wrong just to throw it out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All my instincts told me that we should go straight. But there were dogs down that way and Chester was already growing anxious so we turned right and crossed our fingers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJGeiqJ52zFqQ_cUixb9Ri8KIauAI5C-0qXGRJwAoMMe3pcAC5gs39nwJMCiKlaxQtBgbEQP4emchTzNRDFbpSeJukkwTjYvCZ32BDXPVg5EWAtbNy0MBHn_MIeePmYT9C_hNL7iM542y/s2048/IMG_2805.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJGeiqJ52zFqQ_cUixb9Ri8KIauAI5C-0qXGRJwAoMMe3pcAC5gs39nwJMCiKlaxQtBgbEQP4emchTzNRDFbpSeJukkwTjYvCZ32BDXPVg5EWAtbNy0MBHn_MIeePmYT9C_hNL7iM542y/s320/IMG_2805.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"Wouldn't it be something," I said to Spangler, "if it was our guardian angel that made sure there was a dog in our path so that we would be forced to turn right." "Stranger things have happened," she said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We walked on doggedly, ruthlessly toward our meeting with the unknown - heedless of the danger and the shame of going through trash cans. Then there was glint in the road! It was the phone! Another half a block was an abandoned cart! In the cart was the wallet and credit cards and driver's license - everything except the $40!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"You did it guvna! You done solved the case!" said Spangler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"No, my dear Mrs. Spanger, WE did it. Solving crime is not the job of just one person. True, I may have spotted the cart, but it took you, the dog, and all the vigilant people of West Akron to solve this case." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbgRKs1kcEIGmrPw1oQt4qLAM6eM_XDaYyZhyfC-fDiDN94P38hkIQ1n5TILv3oRohjLF_1jXT1FZupz9KiK6BALorHYZCYV8NCS3l_1vyDeFp053o1zVWI6iLoVkukKYUkcZkanK6HL_/s2048/IMG_2806.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbgRKs1kcEIGmrPw1oQt4qLAM6eM_XDaYyZhyfC-fDiDN94P38hkIQ1n5TILv3oRohjLF_1jXT1FZupz9KiK6BALorHYZCYV8NCS3l_1vyDeFp053o1zVWI6iLoVkukKYUkcZkanK6HL_/s320/IMG_2806.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"Oh yes. Of course. And our guardian angles.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-75643134385629092242020-12-28T08:38:00.004-08:002020-12-28T08:38:23.714-08:00MONDAY DIARY: ALMOST EXCRUCIATINGLY TRUE STORIES: VINCENT VAN GOGH AND THE PRIESTHOOD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy0PUxxH-fVLlPiN549kA3lVO9ThNb802il32luK3c1MPO6rgyWcfWJEaquKXT-_g6aKDEMedMIbr440jtKOdEwWNrSNWHX9ZTyYLUIc8oMg3PW4ZqJhg32gRGSiQMB6jgkwfcLkH9rs7/s2048/IMG_2786.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJy0PUxxH-fVLlPiN549kA3lVO9ThNb802il32luK3c1MPO6rgyWcfWJEaquKXT-_g6aKDEMedMIbr440jtKOdEwWNrSNWHX9ZTyYLUIc8oMg3PW4ZqJhg32gRGSiQMB6jgkwfcLkH9rs7/s320/IMG_2786.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-2999220738947899982020-12-17T08:33:00.004-08:002020-12-17T08:33:38.905-08:00COFFEE HEATER<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">F</span></b>or Christmas this year I got a new office and one of the perks of which is this automatic winter, coffee warmer!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ6aYsPNTfowAM1nD8FhWV6qUBlFvUkTnhuF_erik-wKp7B7wee-6Le2MhWTXanNIBfOWDoYYUPKs-XaEfYwKA-MdYXnEnCr6TFDJ5V_w6hePk5FHrUyuxaxGgiLzkl5qai-0SW68hCov/s2048/IMG_2744.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQ6aYsPNTfowAM1nD8FhWV6qUBlFvUkTnhuF_erik-wKp7B7wee-6Le2MhWTXanNIBfOWDoYYUPKs-XaEfYwKA-MdYXnEnCr6TFDJ5V_w6hePk5FHrUyuxaxGgiLzkl5qai-0SW68hCov/s320/IMG_2744.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-83337383026794467182020-12-17T08:31:00.004-08:002020-12-17T08:31:15.874-08:00ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS SOME BOILER HEAT<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">S</span></b>t. Sebastian Parish is getting a new boiler (and chiller) for Christmas. Right now that means being without heat until Friday but in the long run we will be happier, warmer and spend much less money on heat. Here is the old boiler being chopped up in the basement of the church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xgGH52WbbM_pH3zB2uVxKa_pMQ0jVVAyFqa9p_26IxrWJn7fXBcvkzQk_6w9lV6UKWBX6NmQjWyIRS6TtXsji4mMsu8gTJAPyPYzC-yEghJ8AmYywH41ZmZ2dNgJasZ5phYTOWvESb1q/s2048/IMG_2735.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4xgGH52WbbM_pH3zB2uVxKa_pMQ0jVVAyFqa9p_26IxrWJn7fXBcvkzQk_6w9lV6UKWBX6NmQjWyIRS6TtXsji4mMsu8gTJAPyPYzC-yEghJ8AmYywH41ZmZ2dNgJasZ5phYTOWvESb1q/s320/IMG_2735.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I don't know what I was expecting but the inside looks like a giant radiator. But now, thinking about it, I guess it makes sense. After it was all (loudly) chopped up, a giant crane came by to haul it piece by piece out of the basement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgut0qWMK0_s02omLBv9MCFVBYBocns_xJbaNQXdLW9TM4muZdgkt1okmiJLGIcBCOQfUI7S7KEIXhm7PZJjCSWe6kVTcgwg9XIpyTGUtKfAbflDsemM9eXoHjAymvTO5lBW1nKXH-fggVj/s2048/IMG_2741.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgut0qWMK0_s02omLBv9MCFVBYBocns_xJbaNQXdLW9TM4muZdgkt1okmiJLGIcBCOQfUI7S7KEIXhm7PZJjCSWe6kVTcgwg9XIpyTGUtKfAbflDsemM9eXoHjAymvTO5lBW1nKXH-fggVj/s320/IMG_2741.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So here is a picture so you can not see what I don't see and why one must dress warmly for Mass this week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDkrgOT8TQeCZPwqqGP__es5nBt5DUDlbyU6FAafkHatyLdnmx428m-WcvuIgEm55HWWOpTgc5gPxdnoEOd-wlm2REGR-OqrXlUlzvS4YvTW3HQ4sIbwbPuxvMAHQCpYuJY6Dh-Zfvdqj/s2048/IMG_2742.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDkrgOT8TQeCZPwqqGP__es5nBt5DUDlbyU6FAafkHatyLdnmx428m-WcvuIgEm55HWWOpTgc5gPxdnoEOd-wlm2REGR-OqrXlUlzvS4YvTW3HQ4sIbwbPuxvMAHQCpYuJY6Dh-Zfvdqj/s320/IMG_2742.jpeg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And here are the new boilers, still wrapped in plastic, getting ready to go into the boiler room and start boiling!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAvSFO5a1CaQOUoeLa7ahztaIQYtKUvHIga12BOyR4wZT0NDt4TqDmm6-LX4-FkeOq34Nq2VDcg3oKIUrcxBgfyeHmFhdtYVNi1ijX7xBRSc00FU6wtBmij_8LZDHXkSHe18KbwbCQWoV/s2048/IMG_2743.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAvSFO5a1CaQOUoeLa7ahztaIQYtKUvHIga12BOyR4wZT0NDt4TqDmm6-LX4-FkeOq34Nq2VDcg3oKIUrcxBgfyeHmFhdtYVNi1ijX7xBRSc00FU6wtBmij_8LZDHXkSHe18KbwbCQWoV/s320/IMG_2743.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-85043270387282842172020-12-11T08:01:00.008-08:002020-12-11T08:02:18.806-08:00MONDAY DIARY: ALMOST EXCRUCIATINGLY TRUE STORIES: I AM LEGION<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><b>P</b></span></span>art of Christ's whole mission was to heal the divisions between us, that we might be one in the Body of Christ. Part of the most insidious parts of the whole COVID situation is the division it causes (a sickness in and of itself) within the body that appears to be almost irreconcilable. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jgcnngmkwxcKFwHwxsnezlVCYX3ai1RvfkIWdDyzSr1taf1xhD1JlQV63d6q9nPfjqgzwaNPNbBT2F_q0IJeC7SDCgUp_uwn_sTT2Zzjdk90tnG2TMgIr4nrUc9kZpPqPDWVnERmoxwb/s2048/IMG_2724.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jgcnngmkwxcKFwHwxsnezlVCYX3ai1RvfkIWdDyzSr1taf1xhD1JlQV63d6q9nPfjqgzwaNPNbBT2F_q0IJeC7SDCgUp_uwn_sTT2Zzjdk90tnG2TMgIr4nrUc9kZpPqPDWVnERmoxwb/s320/IMG_2724.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>No matter how helpful and diplomatic those in charge try to be, the nature of this beast just seems to make everything more difficult.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTEp0XLLHKNau94BT7sKtJR-e_aJrLeXlo7QNK6-tZBo9HWlk_bp0MFUk6V7qlz8cYAQYdNEIdWtSsJFKDTpG7S06MQZhdHXrtg7lRXbdSMx9g0uzc-wYiXcRXiFKxYsWYxiyB1I2FkXI/s2048/IMG_2725.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTEp0XLLHKNau94BT7sKtJR-e_aJrLeXlo7QNK6-tZBo9HWlk_bp0MFUk6V7qlz8cYAQYdNEIdWtSsJFKDTpG7S06MQZhdHXrtg7lRXbdSMx9g0uzc-wYiXcRXiFKxYsWYxiyB1I2FkXI/s320/IMG_2725.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The diocese tries to do what they can which is mostly calling you to tell you somebody complained.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiem7qc-zdgIUVTSbHOb9jSuxMcfD4CzywegzhjDocWGRXDlkxJWbuxjW0OPrCCMp1i2Rq3gI20TpIEcdEA5LlsL5GMyOSatR_lql9yvXk_g2Fp6IqY16L7mGFt9OYPSVfNe3kEMh-vA4/s2048/IMG_2726.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiem7qc-zdgIUVTSbHOb9jSuxMcfD4CzywegzhjDocWGRXDlkxJWbuxjW0OPrCCMp1i2Rq3gI20TpIEcdEA5LlsL5GMyOSatR_lql9yvXk_g2Fp6IqY16L7mGFt9OYPSVfNe3kEMh-vA4/s320/IMG_2726.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">"Do you want me to kick people out? Do you want me to hire security?" "No! You can't do that." I wish it were that people on one side or the other were the ones who didn't come to Mass, donate, volunteer or offer encouragement. At least then I could take sides. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv29SACMF7KwC9ssCFkA_9Gybb7eLUMHJH4GKlfIw1iUKHvQqlid-zsnpDYLnDPSLvbTmZnaEjyGQ6aVitv7S049SvZBKlopO5puTL_hCIwJEZxWzZjF2l-SImmwGgA045CbnppF1QBqI/s2048/IMG_2727.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv29SACMF7KwC9ssCFkA_9Gybb7eLUMHJH4GKlfIw1iUKHvQqlid-zsnpDYLnDPSLvbTmZnaEjyGQ6aVitv7S049SvZBKlopO5puTL_hCIwJEZxWzZjF2l-SImmwGgA045CbnppF1QBqI/s320/IMG_2727.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So I am doing my best to balance what is asked of us, what we are allowed to do, and what will make the sacraments available to the most people. Of course, that makes nobody happy. Including me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUM0_ZhiQyGT1ux_2k9FRlYb-Hzp3Mqd8ByP6F33KWZD1DANqUv2zUDzJlRUlYZKnLsBMb17lQ0Vm2tLIJp3mgn3vXxnTJ6_g5H6O5YdYN0-TBUVxMeVwvTQkhmmxC5xn1zdiXXHHeAX/s2048/IMG_2728.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUM0_ZhiQyGT1ux_2k9FRlYb-Hzp3Mqd8ByP6F33KWZD1DANqUv2zUDzJlRUlYZKnLsBMb17lQ0Vm2tLIJp3mgn3vXxnTJ6_g5H6O5YdYN0-TBUVxMeVwvTQkhmmxC5xn1zdiXXHHeAX/s320/IMG_2728.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilU9v1PCEYDx9RRRZQrG6t9c-WS6SQB30Y6iKv4WagpPidr5CU-aOSgzJCinZ5QTbRb3jaC4XHA-k-IU-BIXS3Zq8gLi3W4xVIKVcGT0jJ5z5GTFUPE8B_h_qi2W_pBFPUo1i7JZwc4P0N/s2048/IMG_2729.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilU9v1PCEYDx9RRRZQrG6t9c-WS6SQB30Y6iKv4WagpPidr5CU-aOSgzJCinZ5QTbRb3jaC4XHA-k-IU-BIXS3Zq8gLi3W4xVIKVcGT0jJ5z5GTFUPE8B_h_qi2W_pBFPUo1i7JZwc4P0N/s320/IMG_2729.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>May we look back on this time some day and say, "Remember when we were all concerned about masks?" as we unite once more around the Table of the Lord.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-17227797460738928092020-11-27T07:16:00.008-08:002020-11-27T07:16:57.128-08:00ON NOT BEING SATISFIED WITH MAINTAINING <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #2b00fe;">T</b>wo of us were exposed to COVID and were subsequently tested. My friends tested negative. It was a cause of great rejoicing for him! He was not infected nor infectious! It was like Lazarus risen from the grave. Perhaps too much so. After all, Lazarus would still have to face life with all its bumps and scratches and once more struggle with death. Similarly, because of a negative diagnosis, there was still the mandate to quarantine, and after, there remained the possibility of contracting COVID and facing quarantine again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1USv_TzDRdFZzOx9Q85Xh-kiqUUIVsm2HDou3n531ROhhEAXR1BL7fUTVZMVvTHm8Cl-yJr7qDAqEMBQT4xyuuDYq2b89pz44swckRqlbXEnkaAn9NTO_Hmv0OUOmh7IaLXHaKJgUa_w/s2048/IMG_2670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1USv_TzDRdFZzOx9Q85Xh-kiqUUIVsm2HDou3n531ROhhEAXR1BL7fUTVZMVvTHm8Cl-yJr7qDAqEMBQT4xyuuDYq2b89pz44swckRqlbXEnkaAn9NTO_Hmv0OUOmh7IaLXHaKJgUa_w/s320/IMG_2670.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Bearing in mind all analogies limp, then there is my positive report. I too went into a “tomb” of sorts but I will not walk out like Lazarus back from the dead, but more like the resurrection. No longer will I have to worry (for 12 weeks supposedly) about contracting illness or passing illness along to others (at least COVID.) No longer will there be a fear of going back into isolation. It will be a great freeing. A new life with a new freedom.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">All of this had me thinking about heaven. If I found the fountain of youth, I don’t think I would want to try it. I am enjoying this life even with its hardships, but I only want to do it once. No matter how rich you are, how powerful, how independent you will not escape such things as COVID in this life. If you could live forever, the government upon which you rely will not remain the same. The grand buildings that were built may not last. There will still be forest fires, temptations, sickness and death, bad movies, mean people and tofu burgers. </p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">With a fountain of youth one has reanimation which is a renewal of one’s body. Resurrection is a renewal of the whole of creation. It is new wine in a new wine skin. Ultimately it is the only fitting container. It is that for which we were created and toward which Christ came to steer us and in which He desired to form us. We were created for this and should want nothing less. We are given an appetite for heaven that mere extending of life will eventually fail to satisfy.</p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-73620114078793135982020-11-24T11:00:00.010-08:002020-11-24T11:05:35.816-08:00ARE THINGS REALLY AS FINE AS I THINK THEY ARE? NOTES FROM SOLITARY <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3FCXaFvVIpav6bCo9IbvTMycwM4z52SoPMDTRyNGUeTCOgs4WeCfE8LbuOyy9NSsfoY2roYUBEVcKsWLCtOntjzSCpCUXEGKcpRovFEgQKVX-i1KGpcJuHWsTvdx7DAHvCWErss3S6R-/s2048/IMG_2704.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3FCXaFvVIpav6bCo9IbvTMycwM4z52SoPMDTRyNGUeTCOgs4WeCfE8LbuOyy9NSsfoY2roYUBEVcKsWLCtOntjzSCpCUXEGKcpRovFEgQKVX-i1KGpcJuHWsTvdx7DAHvCWErss3S6R-/s320/IMG_2704.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">S</span></b>o far being alone in my rooms hasn't been so bad. I worry that I am prematurely positive about this. Is there something for which I am not preparing? I think of prisoners thrown into solitary confinement and wonder how they get started. One can only sleep so long. I know solitude is where one can find God and himself, but - well - I'm a planner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So yesterday I sat down and made a plan. I am not going to just sleep through this. I put together a list of things that I will do every day so I don't end up on Monday (only Monday for Pete's sake) wearing 10 day old pajamas and covered in stubble and cheese powder. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzWq7V5ri_kuc94SAdpcMq_AmnF1szTd_poUf919eSeXCmlox_5zwmCRRg638p2LpH_wL1uqZRfVzJefhsubZdm4oIg_p2Tu5cnw0mmcgFexBckwHvNzha1L_XXcfWkclIm7ye0D-JR7m/s2048/IMG_2705.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzWq7V5ri_kuc94SAdpcMq_AmnF1szTd_poUf919eSeXCmlox_5zwmCRRg638p2LpH_wL1uqZRfVzJefhsubZdm4oIg_p2Tu5cnw0mmcgFexBckwHvNzha1L_XXcfWkclIm7ye0D-JR7m/s320/IMG_2705.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>It helps to have some structure to the day. And really, the amount of support that I have around here and the nice room that I do have makes it all quite fine. It is really helping me come to appreciate how much I have (which is too much as I am discovering since one of my activities is cleaning out my room. <i>Where did all this stuff come from</i>?) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VZiTG9-DlTP7KdBSJLzRpEjOLT4Alh5Uz5FjEd4Ovf3kCZVfQG8Tqw8GQKsdtyn9iOoxkhHRmR2VM3o21srHUKwzgKoXX06grAyblDwySzsVmxBKyqzgofAr80_M0ekw6cAASeXZQla2/s2048/IMG_2698.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VZiTG9-DlTP7KdBSJLzRpEjOLT4Alh5Uz5FjEd4Ovf3kCZVfQG8Tqw8GQKsdtyn9iOoxkhHRmR2VM3o21srHUKwzgKoXX06grAyblDwySzsVmxBKyqzgofAr80_M0ekw6cAASeXZQla2/s320/IMG_2698.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the best part of the day is celebrating the Mass on my grandparent's victrola. Notice that I can see the church where right now there is adoration going on and people praying. And the little rose window replica is from the old St. Sebastian church and would have been what the priests would have seen when they celebrated Mass here before Vatican II.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Time for the next part of the day! Forward! Stay well! Praying for all my readers.</div><p></p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-8506839042939069912020-11-23T09:05:00.003-08:002020-11-23T09:05:43.928-08:00MONDAY DIARY: ALMOST EXCRUCIATINGLY TRUE STORIES: THE DANGERS OF PONDERING<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I</span></b>n movie and television shows there is always that person who moves to the big city and lives in a tiny, two room apartment (from were I learned what a Murphy bed is) and is SOOOOOOO happy because they are living in the pulse of humanity. But is it worth it to have to wash your dishes and your unmentionables in your bathroom sink and be charged with unreasonable rent just to enjoy this privilege? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwqMAyH5Ogf_ipu9OsrVIhjimTtC_ARQjq01wDf1hDZ68eQJrkm86dJSzC5Jc4K3UX9JDELKALQhmTI2oCkPbVHavqi9qw7PG3SnzVCu2gt1U4afldaXrHFJJQZj4nyjAE3g_mzJYHWur/s2048/IMG_2701.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwqMAyH5Ogf_ipu9OsrVIhjimTtC_ARQjq01wDf1hDZ68eQJrkm86dJSzC5Jc4K3UX9JDELKALQhmTI2oCkPbVHavqi9qw7PG3SnzVCu2gt1U4afldaXrHFJJQZj4nyjAE3g_mzJYHWur/s320/IMG_2701.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Funny thing about God. He often listens and grants even minor prayers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7GNc4ebj4sOOGnCd6j13ysXJYkJfWQ46iz89TGn7l6PQEgc8kPfBBY9ZqgBAI_nUzg4IuQmCaWZsloSHO5IUa40M2Ap4_BejuqsUDFKDOcLT3YTNH8e4S4X2PXfSFS7eDI-WsdxP4p1q/s2048/IMG_2702.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7GNc4ebj4sOOGnCd6j13ysXJYkJfWQ46iz89TGn7l6PQEgc8kPfBBY9ZqgBAI_nUzg4IuQmCaWZsloSHO5IUa40M2Ap4_BejuqsUDFKDOcLT3YTNH8e4S4X2PXfSFS7eDI-WsdxP4p1q/s320/IMG_2702.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5kDG9zejF3p6vxiTb_hx84W110j1VPYWo4zAHZT9IcDGG8PRZ7y7U1QKJx4pqabAvq05jhPURwXnU2q6C8YA5_ocobVnyhGzOv3I6-H9X9_mpAqpGghGelc0a6erPUC-e6QecgjV2-ht/s2048/IMG_2703.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5kDG9zejF3p6vxiTb_hx84W110j1VPYWo4zAHZT9IcDGG8PRZ7y7U1QKJx4pqabAvq05jhPURwXnU2q6C8YA5_ocobVnyhGzOv3I6-H9X9_mpAqpGghGelc0a6erPUC-e6QecgjV2-ht/s320/IMG_2703.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I mean . . . (cough) . . . thank you God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I haven't blogged in a long time as other things became more pressing. Now I am trying to structure my day so I don't get too squirrelly in my make believe NY apartment (aka my bedroom in the rectory.) So I think that I will invite you along on my journey to help pass the time (if there are any readers left out there!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It took me FOREVER to remember how to sign in on Blogger and after I did - it turns out that this blogging thing has been COMPLETELY redesigned since I was last on. This took unreasonably long and if it hadn't been for COVID I would have completely given up already!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Stay well. Be safe. Pray for me and I will pray for you!</div><p></p>Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-6455599879832948982020-05-07T07:45:00.000-07:002020-05-07T07:45:30.298-07:00SHE'LL BE COMING AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WHEN SHE COMES!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: blue;">A</span></b>bout a year ago, when I brought home the magnificent icon of St. Sebastian, written by <a href="http://www.christthebridegroom.org/2015/09/introducing-sr-emilia-sr-iliana.html">Mother Iliana of the Christ the Bridegroom Byzantine Monastery</a>, asked if I had another saint that I wanted because people were asking about commissions and there would be a waiting list. (There is a waiting list now measured in years.) I asked for St. Joan of Arc because I was ordained on her feast day and my class took her as our patron.</div>
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I received a phone call about a week ago that said that St. Joan was ready and that I could come pick her up! Fr. Anthony and I, feeling a little housebound, jumped on the chance for a road trip to Burton, Ohio where the Monastery is. </div>
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When we got there, the sisters were not quite ready to greet us so we went to visit the shrine which was technically closed (and VERY muddy) which made it nicer for us to pray.</div>
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The monastery is under quarantine by order of their bishop so we couldn't go in so Mother Iliana brought Joan out to us. </div>
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Here is just a glimpse of St. Joan. I don't want to completely reveal her until her feast day.<br />
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But let me say this - this is a phenomenally gorgeous icon! Well done! I love it and am looking forward to praying with it! It is the same size as our St. Sebastian icon which stands at the front doors of the church currently to remind to pray through the intercession of St. Sebastian who is the saint to invoke against the spread of contagious diseases.</div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b>FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND</b></span>: <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<span style="color: blue;"><b>B</b></span>acons the best. Even the frying of bacon sounds like applause." Jim Gaffigan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">QUOTE II</span>: <span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;">W</span></b>hen you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn't matter who's president or anything. Every time I'm eating bacon I think, I could die right now, and I mean it. That's how good life is." Louis CK</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: cyan;">QUOTE IV</span>: </span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue;">B</span></b>acon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You're basically saying, I can't make this other food taste good, so I'll throw in bacon." Penn Jillette</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: cyan;">QUOTE V</span>: "Part of the fun of being Catholic is knowing the difference between an indelicacy and an indecency." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: blue;">I</span></b>f you need something to lift your spirits, today is Baconmas Day. It is a day to celebrate our salvation particularly by celebrating the Eucharist and confession, to offer prayers of thanksgiving for all of the good things that God has given us, to gather together and eat different dishes of bacon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Scriptural underpinnings: </b>On the fourth Monday of Easter, the first reading at the Mass is about a vision that St. Peter had in Joppa where not only are all things that God has made declared clean, but that salvation is opened up to all. (Acts 11:1-18)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Theological significance: </b>For the first time, outreach to the gentiles is taken up by St. Peter, the visible head of the Church, and is no longer just this odd, side thing that St. Paul is doing. Not only has the Church become truly Catholic (that is, universal) but now all of creation is declared good. This is an idea not shared by most faiths and not even among all Christians. But all of creation (including you) is declared good and intended for good and, when we sin, can be restored to goodness again - that we are all called to be saints.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Ways to celebrate: </b>When possible, attend the sacraments of our salvation especially Mass and confession. It is also a great day to review all of the blessings in your life and to offer prayers of thanksgiving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Also important on this day is to gather (when possible) with those you love with general merry making and a meal of bacon prepared in different ways. The reason for this is that, up and until this time, pork was declared an unclean food but with this vision of St. Peter, all of God’s creation is declared clean and good for eating (in responsible portions.) Like eating blackberries on Michaelmas Day or Oplatki on Christmas, the eating of bacon points toward the greater truth of this feat day: that you were chosen to be part of the Body of the Body of Christ and recognizing the intended goodness and yourself and of your brothers and sisters in Christ, that we are wildly loved by God and that all of creation is good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">While not strictly necessary, the meal is generally to be held in the evening by candlelight since it was in a dream that St. Peter had his vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The host or main cook of the Baconmas feast is called the Baconista.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Although the day is to be one of celebration, the feast is NOT to become a bacchanal. Prayer is to remain part of the day. A general calling to mind of all the things for which each person is grateful is a noble practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As Hiliare Belloc said, “Where ‘ere the Catholic sun doth shine, there will be laughter and good wine.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>creator and ruler of all creation,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>when You gave St. Peter his vision in Joppa</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You helped us see all of Your creation</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>as a wonderful gift of your love</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>we recall how very blessed we are</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Help us to remain true to our calling to be saints;</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Baconmas Day Carols:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>GOOD ST. PETER</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>To the tune of Good King Wenceslaus </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Good St. Peter’s had a sight</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>on a Joppa rooftop</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">when the cloth revealed aright</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>the Creator’s workshop</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Take and slaughter; all is clean</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and is good for eating</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">No man is too lost or mean</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>on this bacon evening!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Bring me bacon; bring me wine</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gather all His people</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Let us pray and let us dine</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>‘Neath the church’s steeple</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Page and monarch all are called</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>let His grace none bypass</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our redemption to recall</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>on this bacon day Mass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>I SAW A CLOTH COME FLOATING DOWN</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Traditional Baconmas Day Carol</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>(To the tune of “I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peter (solo)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I saw a cloth come floating down,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>come floating down, come floating down</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I saw a cloth come floating down</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in Joppa dreams in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>All</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And what was it that you did see</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>that you did see (etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in Joppa dreams in the evening?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I saw arrayed all God’s great beasts</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>all God’s great beasts . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in Joppa dreams in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>All</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>A</b>nd what did God say unto you</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>say onto you . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In Joppa dreams in the evening?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Take now and eat for all is clean</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>for all is clean . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In Joppa dreams in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>All</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And did you eat of that great feast?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>of that great feast . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In Joppa dreams in the evening?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Not I (stomps foot), said I, for it’s profane!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>for (stomps) it’s profane . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In Joppa dreams in the evening!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>All</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Do (clap) not call vile what I have made</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>what (clap) I have made . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In (clap) Joppa dreams in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Peter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Then all is good and all are saved! (on the word “saved” all clap and shout, “Yes!”)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and all are saved</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>in Joppa dreams in the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>All & Peter</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So shout “Huzza!” and celebrate</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>and celebrate and celebrate . . .</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>for we are saved this evening. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: blue;">T</span></b>his was sent in for the celebration:</span></div>
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<br />Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-6399503969813578852020-04-24T06:20:00.000-07:002020-04-24T06:20:54.814-07:00GUEST BLOGGER: EARTH DAY - GOD'S DAY<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: justify;">
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My name is Chris Payne. I'm a parishioner at St. Sebastian and a biology professor at Malone University in Canton (transferring to Franciscan U in Steubenville in the fall). I've written an earth day reflection to share with my protestant colleagues at Malone, but I thought that maybe it was something you could share via your daily letter (or similar venue) to help brighten some people's days and remind them there's still a beautiful world out there!</div>
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(This Apr 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!!)</div>
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I'll post it below.</div>
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Thanks, and God bless!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">E</span></b>ver take a walk through the forest in the e<i>alive</i>?</div>
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arly morning when the forest just feels </div>
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The birds are singing. Nocturnal mammals can be seen scurrying, climbing or flying back to their homes to rest for the day. Flowers begin to open, and the morning throngs begin to wake – chattering with one another and grabbing their early morning bite to eat. Insect wings can be heard warming up and buzzing about as the dew dries in the rising sun, and the army of ants has already begun its work for the day. The trees rustle in the gentle breeze, and the water trickles in the nearby brook. The sounds and sights are enough to keep your attention for hours! OH HOW ALIVE IT IS!</div>
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But, also, strangely familiar...</div>
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Walk outside and down a busy street and you might find similar early morning energy from hustling, bustling, <i>people</i> -- some heading home from their night shift while others are just starting their first cup of coffee. Maybe you catch a glimpse of a child at play or someone deep in morning prayer. The commotion in a bustling suburban home or on a busy farm are not much different than these. The sounds and sights are enough to keep your attention for hours! OH HOW ALIVE IT IS!</div>
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It’s funny how much we’ve pretended for so long that “our” world is any different from that of the deer or wood thrush. In the forest, everything relies on one another. A beautiful ecology unfolds the more intently you examine the patterns and processes going on all around you...But isn’t the same true in the city? or the farm? So many people leading so many different lives, and yet all somehow interacting with one another. Somehow all part of an amazing ecology – somehow all part of one human family. And yet, we still rely on the organisms and landscapes all around us…</div>
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As Christians, we are called to celebrate and rejoice in life! And there’s no better way to do so than through our calling to love our neighbor (Mark 12:30-31). But who is our neighbor?</div>
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Truly if we are to envision ourselves in the image of God – who <i>is</i> love between Father, Son and Holy Spirit – then we can understand neighbor through the image of <i>family.</i> Not simply through our immediate family, but through intricate layers of family all interacting and reliant on each other: love of parents and siblings, love of classmates, love of co-workers, love of people in our town, love of people in our political party, (love of enemy!), love of our countrymen, love of all human life – love of the <i>entire</i> human family!</div>
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Yet, is this enough?</div>
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Just as each of these “layers” of family rely on and build from one another (as if concentric circles emanating from the shared love of our Holy and eternally loving Father), they still rely intricately on the complexities of Creation all around us. Somehow, love of family is subsumed in the greater story of God’s life-giving Creation. (And, more mysteriously and gloriously, the entire story of Creation is subsumed in the truth of Easter!). Those early morning walks examining the wondrous forest landscape and the strolls down busy city streets lead us to know that “our world” is in fact a part of an intricate and beautiful Creation that extends beyond our city streets and includes and contains all living things. Our call to love neighbor, then, must surely include love of <i>all</i> of Creation. Just as God’s Son truly loved all of us.</div>
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Know that as we advance our fields of ecological, biological, chemical, and physical sciences that we learn every day how our decisions impact those we are called to love. And sometimes – in fact, much of the time – our decisions instead <i>hurt </i>the life that God <i>called</i> us to care for (Gen 1:26, Gen 2:15). Ask yourself: “Do I make my daily decisions and live my life caring about how I impact those I’m called to love? Is my lifestyle promoting the sustainability of life throughout our planet? Do I truly love <i>all</i> life?”</div>
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“Isn’t now as good a time to start as any??”</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">This Earth Day, celebrate family and celebrate life. Give praise for God’s unimaginably complex and glorious Creation! Celebrate the interwoven and intricate ecologies of humankind and the world in which we live. Rejoice in God’s love for all of us, and delight in His calling for us to love neighbor. And most importantly, reflect upon the role </span><i style="font-size: 11pt;">you’ve</i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> been chosen to play in caring for God’s Creation. Isn’t today a wonderful day to do something about it? Answering the call will surely keep your attention for hours! OH HOW ALIVE IT IS!!</span></div>
Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-291892995445165152020-04-23T08:11:00.001-07:002020-04-23T08:11:25.653-07:00WOULD LIKE A LITTLE LEMON WITH THAT PAPER CUT? <div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It isn’t all gloom and doom although just about everything I read is about the horrible things going on (and there are horrible things going on.) But if you only focus on the horrible things, you too will feel horrible and why add that to the mix? It’s like the person alway pointing out how terrible the weather is. My Dad was like that. My Mother would always say, “Bill, you live in northeast Ohio. Learn to enjoy it or you will be miserable and make everyone around you miserable.” That’s good advice during a pandemic also.</span></div>
Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-60136147582111140442020-04-21T07:30:00.003-07:002020-04-21T07:30:45.703-07:00TUESDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK CDLXXV<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: cyan;">FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND</span></b>: "<b><span style="color: blue;">G</span></b>od is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God." G. K. Chesterton</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">L</span></b>ast night we live-streamed Theology on the Rocks from the rectory. Normally at Tangier's Restaurant, since we can't gather we thought this would be a "bandaid" to see us through until we can all get together again.</div>
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Seminarian Intern Ian Kelly and Seminarian Stage Hand Joe Menkhaus wired up the house and directed the chaos. You would not have had most of these services if it had not been for their forced lab - er - I mean diligent work.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Thank you to everybody who has donated funds and equipment to make these things possible. You are awesome!</span><br />
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The highlight on screen for me was Fr. Simone's Bongo solo.<br />
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If you get a chance to walk, notice that Fr. Pfeiffer NEVER gets distracted which is a feat because . . . <br />
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There were ALL KINDS of antics going on! Seminarians crawling on the floor under cameras shots to fix things, equipment being moved around, dogs, people, conversations all a couple of feet away from the action. </div>
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So as part of distancing and all that, Fr. Simone, Ian and I have taken on cleaning the rectory. For the most part it is going well. We are even getting to some things that have not been touched for awhile.</div>
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Although it keeps snowing and freezing outside EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE END OF APRIL, it seemed a good a time as ever to get the shop back out and clean the ashes out of the fireplaces.</div>
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It was going well until I hit some larger pieces of burnt wood that clogged the hose. </div>
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I tried clearing it out - shaking the hose, holding it up so that whatever was in there would come loose. Then turning it back on it would run for a couple of seconds and then whatever was in there would clog it again. How do you unclog a shop vac indoors? Outside I would just swing the hose around until things flew out of it. Then it hit me! </div>
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I would just move the end of the hose from the VACUUM setting and attach it to the EXHAUST setting. (Do you see where this is going?) *BUT* using my great brain, I decided that I would aim the hose into the fireplace so that whatever came out would go into the fireplace and not my room.</div>
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And that is what I did. </div>
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At least the first part of that theory was correct.<br />
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<br />Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-2474527254504688702020-04-17T10:36:00.002-07:002020-04-17T10:36:32.466-07:00FRIDAY POTPOURRI: SHOULDS VS WANTS<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
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The opening hymn serves a couple of purposes. It is more than what a theme song is for a sit com. Firstly, it is meant to bring the community together. We have all come from our separate lives and (hopefully) just spend some time in private prayer preparing for Mass. The opening hymn is what initially draws us together in the same way that singing, “Happy Birthday” at a party or “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at the 7th inning stretch or Christmas Carols at Christmas time. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Secondly it serves as the communities first opportunity to worship God as a corporate body. We are not just singing, we are worshipping - that is why not just any song will do! For those who don’t sing, they are missing out on worship. For those who hold back because they think they don’t have a good voice - God gave you that voice - give it back to Him!</span></div>
Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-4978499355501228702020-04-16T12:24:00.001-07:002020-04-16T12:24:47.373-07:00DON'T LET THIS BE THE NEW NORM!<div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For example, it just plain isn’t all that unusual. Think of the brouhaha over the Amazon recently and all that drove some of the issues that came up over the lack of priests. (I am not advocating for change, just pointing this out.) It is also the reason the Diocese of Cleveland</span></div>
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sends priests to El Salvador, there just was not enough priests to minister to all the Catholics there!<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My family came from the Alps in Slovenia. Because they lived in the mountains and before there were modern roads and plentiful automobiles and such, they only had Mass twice a year in their church built in the 1700s because that was the only time a priest could make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It wasn’t until 1908 that the United States was no longer considered mission territory by Rome. Before that we heavily relied on clergy from other countries to fill our pulpits! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Today we getting a taste of what life could be like in the United States again if we do not promote vocations. Please pray for vocations to the priestly and religious life. If you are at all feeling pulled by God into such a life, consider speaking with a priest or with the vocation director of you diocese.</span></div>
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Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-64482816646926794912020-04-14T07:44:00.000-07:002020-04-14T07:45:03.651-07:00TUESDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK DCLXXIV<span style="color: cyan;">FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND</span>: "<b><span style="color: blue;">C</span></b>harity to the deserving is not charity." from G. K. Chesterton's work, "Heretics"<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">S</span></b>ome shots from around the parish this past week:<br />
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After setting up for spring including our loggia fountain, winter came back:<br />
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The church decorated for Easter.<br />
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We put up the vexulas (banners) and flags for Easter but took them down by Easter night because we were told to expect strong winds (of course in this bizarre year) that evening.<br />
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Rehearsal for one of the Easter Masses.<br />
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This was written outside one of the doors in chalk<br />
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There were all kinds of behind-the-scenes goings on that, for the most part, I think people missed. For example, during our rehearsal I realized there wouldn't be a bevy of servers around to pick up the purple material as I stripped it from the Cross on Good Friday. So I dropped the material on the ground and the cameral followed me to the left of the sanctuary as I put the Cross in the stand and Karen would run out and pick it all up.</div>
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Also, I think we were able to hide most of our mistakes. I had at least two major gaffs at the Easter Vigil that so far nobody has brought to my attention and so, for now, they will remain a mystery to all but me (and I am fine with you letting me live in my fantasy.)</div>
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One of Ian's jobs was to make all of the responses. When we came to the Renewal of Baptismal Promises, his job was to come to the ambo and say, "I do!" when I asked, "Do you reject Satan?" "And all his works?" "Do you believe in God the Father," so forth and so on. And I really wanted the people at home to get into this so I talked it up.</div>
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Ian, busy with - well - just about everything else heard that I was beginning the promises and had to come running from the other sacristy which at this point might as well have been in Iowa.<br />
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The hallways were crowded with all of the furniture and other things that we weren't using since there were only two of us in the sanctuary and much of the Easter Vigil was cut due to lack of people present. But Ian was faster than a flying thurible, leaping over prie-dieus, dodging wires, cameras and extra chairs . . . </div>
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He skidded out into the sanctuary, patted his hair and straightened his vestments, and the hardy voice and full lungs was able to shout out . . .<br />
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Great work Ian!Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-73690597198154030692020-04-12T05:28:00.001-07:002020-04-12T05:28:32.858-07:00HE IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: blue;">E</span></b>aster morning Mass is live-streamed at 9AM with Fr. Simone and the extraordinary for Mass (Latin) at 11AM. Find it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0FM4PBnZG--2iVayQrFQ9w?app=desktop">HERE</a>.</div>
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You can also find our Easter Vigil there.<br />
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Saw this at the church door yesterday and it touched my heart.<br />
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<br />Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-59200264353128380952020-04-09T08:32:00.002-07:002020-04-09T08:32:46.160-07:00GETTING READY FOR THE TRIDUUM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: blue;">T</span></b>onight begins the Sacred Triduum. For anybody who may not be aware, St. Sebastian has a YouTube Channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0FM4PBnZG--2iVayQrFQ9w?app=desktop">HERE</a> where you can see our Triduum live-streamed. </div>
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One of the things St. Sebastianites will miss out on is our annual setting out of our Passion clock. I saw one of these online YEARS ago - Fr. Pfeiffer was still here. (I hope you don't mind that I stole your idea. If you want credit let me know friends - I'd gladly post it. Maybe send a picture of yours so I can show how a well done one looks like!) I found an old, broken clock at a junk store down in Portage Lakes (not too far from our friend at St. Francis de Sales) - $5 - ordered at twenty four hour clock movement - $12 - and spent several days drawing the face.</div>
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As you can see, it starts with the Last Supper at 6 o'clock (where 3 o'clock normally is) and goes for twenty four hours until Christ is laid in the sepulcher. <br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">H</span></b>ere is where I would normally write that, because of the Triduum and Easter I might not be posting for a spell (and still might not) but since things are little strange - sometimes busier than every before, sometimes oddly quiet - who know, I might just post again durning this time.<br />
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Many blessing on you all!Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-13050853200919072072020-04-07T10:13:00.000-07:002020-04-07T10:13:04.677-07:00TUESDAY QUOTE OF THE WEEK DCLXXIII<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: cyan;">FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND</span>: "<b><span style="color: blue;">T</span></b>he smallest movement of pure love is more useful to the Church than all other works put together." St. John of the Cross</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">E</span></b>very day the parish of St. Sebastian sends out a letter to keep you up to date - mostly with what is happening at the parish. If you do not receive it, send an email to marketing@stsebastian.org.</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">T</span></b>he cut off time for ordering home flowers is 2:30 today!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">H</span></b>ere are some pictures from around the parish this week:</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">P</span></b>alm Sunday from the only occupied seat in the house:</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">K</span></b>aren kept ALL these plants at her house all during lent and brought them back to help decorate the church!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">T</span></b>he Avalos family was walking by the parish and caught this neat photo and sent it in.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">G</span></b>rounds crew volunteers are starting to pop up!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">A</span></b>lex is edging all of our garden beds (and trying to do so covertly but I caught a picture of him!)<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I</span></b> showed these chalk drawings last week but thought to show them to you from a view from the lower church roof!<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">A </span></b>new use for holy water founts.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">F</span></b>r. E.S. sent this in. It made me happy and I hope it does you too!</div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I</span></b> commonly tell young men considering the priesthood but had undergraduate studies that appears to them not be much use to the priesthood that, "There is nothing you can learn that God won't find a way to use through you as a priest." Most of you know that I studied theater (among other things) at the University of Akron - mostly back stage stuff - design, stage managing and such. I only appeared on stage when people were desperate. All those skills seem to be serving particularly well however during this time of having to do ministry in different and creative ways. Just for Palm Sunday alone there was:</div>
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The script read through:</div>
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Blocking, rehearsals and production notes:<br />
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The dreaded "Tech Rehearsal"<br />
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We have a stage manager - I mean a seminarian intern - no - a stage manager.<br />
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And then there is the dreaded waiting for the reviews to come in . . .<br />
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<br />Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-5009029364968890002020-04-03T09:10:00.001-07:002020-04-03T09:10:45.043-07:00FRIDAY POTPOURRI: MASS MATTERS: QUIET PLEASE<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: blue;">S</span></b>o I thought that, while we are waiting for our opportunity to gather together for Mass again, we would review some aspects of the Mass in a Friday Potpourri series:</div>
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Interestingly, for the first time the new Missal has an instruction of what should take place before Mass begins. Number 45 in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal states in part, "Even before the celebration itself, it is a praiseworthy practice for silence to be observed in the church, sacristy, in the vesting room, and in adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and fitting manner."</div>
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My home parish was an ethnic parish and the community lived in the same neighborhood by and large, worked at the same places, belonged to the same clubs and, quite honestly, were probably related in some way with a good percentage of the congregation. So there wasn't a need to "connect and chit chat" at Mass. This helps explain why older church buildings tend not to have large gathering areas. That was neither needed by the community nor a function of a church building. Today with more isolated persons and busier schedules, Mass is a time people use to connect. This makes me wish we had a larger gathering area at St. Sebastian.</div>
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But there is needed a buffer between the bustle of getting ready for Mass, the hassle of driving there, the noise of conversations and the buzzing of concerns and worries in our thoughts. On time for Mass means being there early to become calm and to pray and prepare one's self to be present and call to mind what you have come to offer.</div>
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