Twilight Twitches

Dear Family,
Last Sunday my brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Carolyn came for Mass and lunch and then we sat in the rectory for another hour and talked some more, something we just don’t do often enough. Among other things, we talked about how age is giving us evolving perspectives about things. I’m sure that idea is no revelation to a great majority of you at St. Sebastian.

I mention it here, because as I looked over the scriptures for today’s liturgy - remember I am writing this last Monday the 9th, our conversation came rolling back. For some reason, Romans struck me in what seemed to be new ways. I knew the words, but they meant more...

Dear Family,
Last week I wrote about a lot of things like ash¬es, Lenten books, fasting, reconciliation. I ended the Twitch with, “Keep God’s love simple no matter how many little things you read here. Make that the bottom line.”

Never did I dream that in a week I’d be writing about the effects of a virus, Coronavirus or COVID-19, to be precise. We will join the Archdiocese in following a few simple practices.
I found that going to the World Health Organization’s information page was really excellent. Rather than playing doctor as I Twitch along, I want you to go and check it out:  Link-->  World Health Organization

The following is the MEDIA ALERT that Archbishop Wenski issued on March 3.

Dear Family,
We just put away the Christmas decorations and here we are at Lent. As I write, Patricio and Pat O’Dea are raising the Lenten drapes. Patricio burned last year’s palms yesterday and ashes are in the making. And thanks to Annie and her helpers, the Rice Bowls from Catholic Relief Services and the Lenten daily meditation booklets from Liturgical Press are distributed. Sounds like we’re ready, doesn’t it? Well,...

All those items are but furnishings for a spiritual Easter house we can build. It comes down to what kind of design are we using?

Dear Family,
I hope you had a good time at the Mardi Gras celebration. For us Fat Tuesday came on Fat Saturday, Samedi Gras. Doesn’t sound as good as Mardi. Once again, I’m writing this Twitch before last night’s gastric spectacular. I’m a man of hope, so I expect I will have something of a Cheshire cat smile on my face when you see me next.

Thank you to the women of our Council of Catholic Women (SSCCW), especially Kate Heffner and Kaye Drohan who worked hard to give us a great time together.

Mardi Gras reminds me of being a little like a bear bulking up to get ready for a winter’s hibernation. However, we are preparing, not for hibernation but meditation, contemplation, reflection, introspection. My Thesaurus also gave me other words: thought, consideration, musing, concentration, deliberation.