The liturgical year is quickly coming to an end, which means that the new year is near. Time does fly by and the older one gets the quicker time gets away.
I will be out of town beginning Thursday, October 29th and will return home the evening of November 1st. This should be my last trip of the year and I look forward to the Season of Advent and Christmas that are almost here.
Father Robert Zwilling send out the following on "kneeling" --- When one is at the Holy Mass, they kneel from the conclusion of the Holy, Holy, Holy to the conclusion of the Great Amen and after the Lamb of God. Why do we do this and why do we sometimes kneel when we privately pray? Pope Benedict XVI explained it:
"Kneeling does not come from any culture - it comes from the Bible and its knowledge of God. The central importance of kneeling in the Bible can be seen in a very concrete way. the word proskynein alone occurs fifty-nine times in the New Testament, twenty-four of which are in the Apocalypse, the book of the heavenly Liturgy, which is presented in the Church as the standard for her own Liturgy."

May God Bless each and Everyone.

• I bring Communion to those in the Nursing Home on Saturday evening after Mass.
• I visit the sick and the homebound as needed.
• I assist at the weekend Mass.
• I prepare couples for Matrimony, and parents with Baptismal needs for their children,
• I oversee the Rite of Christian Initation- R.C.I.A.
• I assist with Confirmation and participate in Adult Formation.
• I serve as an Ex-Officio on the Pastoral Council.
• I am at the Rectory on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. if you need to talk with me.
• I am blessed to be married to Barbara, and we have two grown married children, and five grandchildren.
• Ordained May 25, 2013