Twilight Twitches

Dear Family,
...probably depends on what part of the saintly Body of Christ that you are talking about.

If you are in heaven, you have already voted.

If you are in purgatory, you are busy amending past choices and drawing closer to the Lord.

That only leaves one category: US.

What does it mean to “Vote?”

Dear Family,
...or selfish neighbor?

We live in tough times. You sure didn’t need me to tell you that. Before any opinion, before any judgement, before any fear, because we are who we are, before all, we are first and foremost, people of prayer.

As I scanned the scriptures for this weekend, my first reaction was simply to pray and ask God what He was saying in these scriptures. Then I was overwhelmed. So many things; immigrants, widows, orphans, needy neighbors, and that’s just the Hebrew scripture.

Dear Family,
As you read this, you recall that last Monday was Columbus Day. That’s when I was writing this letter. Banks and post offices were closed but Annie and Judy and I were here in the office doing the work of the Lord.

As kids we learned that Christopher Columbus sailed the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria to the ‘New World.’ He was sailor, navigator and colonizer. Subsequently we learned that others were here first at various times, but Chris was our image of roots and beginnings for our country.

Today is also Indigenous Peoples’ Day. For reasons I can’t explain, it is only now that I have become aware of this day, first celebrated in South Dakota in 1989 as Native American Day.

Dear Family,
Last week, some of our parishioners received a bogus message/email supposedly from me. It asked the recipient to go and get some gift cards for a family in need.
Last Monday we emailed all the parishioners for whom we have addresses to tell you it was a scam.

The folks who got the fake message figured out it was probably a fraud and called in to check. That’s the best way. Check with us.

This is not the first time this has happened. Our St Vincent de Paul society also got hit with an attempt that didn’t work. Jim Guerin caught it.

Just know: I WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR HELP LIKE THAT.