Twilight Twitches

Dear Family,
 
We have just celebrated the Liturgy of Christian Burial for Cynthia Alonzi, pictured above with best friend, Diana Borg. Cynthia was the office assistant and between Annie and Cynthia everything moved along. As luck would have it, for the first time since I have been at St. Sebastian, Annie actually took time off for illness with a flu that was a killer. As I said at Cynthia’s Mass, this place was scary without them. Cliché or no, you don’t appreciate what you have until you don’t have it.

Over the years, you get to know people you work with and you share some of the stories, happy and sad, that mark people’s lives. We shared our stories. (Relatives don’t have to worry. It was all good!)

Dear Family,
Here you’ll find the letter of Pope Francis which he wrote in response to the issue of clerical abuse.
I know when you see a lot of words on a page you tend to put it down.
Please don’t.
The Holy Spirit is there to help each of us discover to what we are being called in the days to come.
In Jesus,

Dear Family,
Today we heard the third part of John 6, the Bread of Life Discourse, verses 51-58. Maybe it’s the image of food that is floating through all readings, but as I reflect on that passage along today’s other two scriptures, I feel filled to the brim. I was going to day something like having a large “The Works” pizza. But that wouldn’t do it, because it’s sweeter, more like a Dairy Queen Blizzard. That was the killer treat of my youth, - which may explain a lot of things about my weight now.

Dear Family,
This Wednesday, August 15th, is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother. We will have ONE MASS OF CELEBRATION at 6:00 P.M. After Mass we will have our Special Super Sunbird Summer Supper.

I sure hope you signed up. This get-together is a way to thank you all for the wonderful celebration we had on my 50th anniversary. One good party deserves another, and what better time than on a feast which gathers us, the Assumption of Mary.