April
10, 2005
Third Sunday of Easter
Two
men on a journey
Parish
Website
When
we decided to offer special prayer times this past week to remember
the Holy Father, we couldn’t notify people through the bulletin
since last week’s bulletin had already gone to press before he
died. The one way we could give out current infomation about the Exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament and the special Rosary on Thursday and the
special mass on Friday was via the parish website.
The website is good for more mundane things too (like reminding folks
to turn their clocks ahead one hour a week ago). And of course you can
always catch up on photos of recent and not-so-recent events in the
parish.
So....make www.saintbrigid.net
one of your “favorites” that you bookmark and check us out
from time to time and especially during situations where you need the
latest news of what’s happening here.
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Past Columns:
April 3: He's baaack!
March 27th: Not the best
news...yet
March 20th: What are You
Doing For Easter?
March 13th: The Stench
March 6: To Tell or Not
To Tell
February 27: Dry Mouth Dry
Soul
February 20: Good to Be
Here
February 13: And he was
hungry?
Ash Wednesday '05
February 6: Ashes Already?
January 23: Catholic Schools
Week
January 16: Continued Charity
January 9: Migration
January 2:All is bright?
Columns from 2004
Columns from 2003
Columns from 2002
I had
the occasion to look through my collection of photos this past 
week
and came across the slide I took of John Paul II and Father Don Hanson,
pastor of our neighboring parish, Our Lady of Hope. This past week at
St. Brigid’s we had three special days of prayer for John Paul whose
death we mourn. This weekend at Our Lady of Hope that parish celebrates
the honor Father Don recently received when the pope named him a monsignor.
It was 1979 and Father Don was
directing our choir of seminarians during morning prayer for the pope
at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The klieglights were bright and warm
and a sweat broke out on Father Don’s brow. Toward the end of the
prayer, the Holy Father came over, took out his handkerchief and wiped
Father Don’s forehead. It was a touching moment.
Today we hear about two of Jesus’
disciples on the road to Emmaus. They encountered Jesus on their journey.
So I thought it was fitting to share this photo of two good men who are
also disciples of Jesus. They too have encountered Christ and then shared
the good news with others, just as those early disciples did.
One has finished his journey. The
other, God-willing, has many more wonderful miles to go. Their example
helps each of to reflect in our lives: “Where have we met Jesus?
How do we share the stories of good news with others?”
The most intimate place we meet
Jesus to this day is in the “breaking of the bread”, the Eucharist.
Whether pope or priest or parishioner, it is the same Jesus who comes
to us all. The same Jesus who unites us, forgives us, teaches us, feeds
us, heals us and loves us.
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