Thursday, 12/22/17
In our first reading Hannah brought her son Samuel to God's
temple, placing him into a lifetime of serving God in his church. I see something
of a coincidence there, in that today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of my ordination
to the priesthood (on December 22, 1952.)
These sixty-five years have broken down into four blocks of
years: for eleven years (1954-1966) I was pastor of a parish in Korea. For ten
years (1967 to 1977) I was in college work. For twenty-five years (1983-2007) I
was pastor of St. Paul's, in Jacksonville. For ten years I have been retired.
In going back over those four stints, what comes to my mind are
the many great people I have been was privileged to serve with. I'd put them
together in my own litany of saints, but as a retired priest, it is my duty to
rest.
1 comment:
Congratulations Father! God Bless!
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