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Happy Feast Day, Sebastianites

fetscherDear Family,
This weekend - the 20th to be precise, we celebrate the feast of St. Sebastian, our patron. Until I came here in 2010, I really did not know very much about him at all. I remember seeing statues and images, usually with a lot of arrows. As a kid I think the few times I saw Sebastian portrayed, I thought it was a little weird. But I wasn’t stupid enough to say that out loud.

If you want an interesting little adventure, ‘google’ “St Sebastian Catholic.org” There’s a short video from the Catholic Online people that I think does a nice job of piecing together Sebastian’s story. Sometimes separating the fable from the fact is hard. The bottom line is Sebastian’s heroism in the face of the emperor Diocletian’s evil, not once but twice. His martyrdom is dated to 288 and it didn’t take long for his fame to spread. Less than 100 years later, in Milan, St. Ambrose speaks of Sebastian and what a great example of faith we can find in his life.

Ordinary?

fetscherDear Family,
We kept the decorations up until last week’s feast of the Epiphany. After all, that’s what the word means: to show, to make conspicuous, to shine.

The old man Simeon has been waiting for the messiah and here he comes in the arms of Mary. Simeon thanks God, “For my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light of revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of your people, Israel.” (Luke 2:30-2)

We associate the three magi with the feast because they represent the Gentiles who “saw the star and then saw the light.” That’s a good reason to keep up the lights and the decorations.

A week later, the decorations are down and we begin “ordinary time.” Now the child in Mary’s arms is a man. This year it is Mark’s turn to tell us about what Jesus said and did. However, since Mark’s gospel is shorter than the others, it gets supplemented by John, and that’s why we hear from John today.

The Gift of Time

fetscherDear Family,
Once again, I find myself in a little bit of a time-warp challenge. I’m writing this Twitch ten days before you read it because of holidays and printing deadlines. This time, though, it is a little easier because I think that on January 7th, I will still be having a lot of good memories of Christmas time 2017. Fortunately, many of you did NOT get the memo that was circulating around at the hand of connivers concerned for my sugar numbers. Valiantly, the confectioners of the land made it through the enemy lines. (Actually, the “enemy” got some pay¬offs, too, so we are all in collusion. Whoops, I shouldn’t be using that word.)

To all of you who were so generous with your thoughts and prayers and gifts, our heartfelt thanks and prayers right back at you. That includes Annie, Cynthia, Patricio, Sue and Peter, and of course, the “paws.” (Dogs pray, too. Surely, you’ve seen them begging.)

Happy New Year!

fetscherDear Family,
So here I am writing this Twitch for December 31/January 1. I’m writing on December 22nd because of the printing deadlines and wanting to give the staff (including me) December 26th to do a little recovery.

That means that I haven’t experienced Christmas 2017 yet, so I must imagine what might happen in the next few days, and then sort of pretend that I’m writing to you after that celebration and then projecting myself into 2018. Have I totally confused you? Good, because I didn’t want to be alone in my confusion.

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