Hi!
 

I will be taking a few days vacation after this weekend and will return at the end of the month.  I have a love/hate relationship with vacations because while I am gone gremlins take over and when I get back I am buried in work and begin to wonder why I left in the first place.  So you gremlins out there please take it easy and relax and enjoy life.  I also do not like the word “vacation” because it means to vacate and I do not believe that is a good thing to do.  A change of location once in awhile in life offers a change in perspective and that is helpful.  I do not plan to run away at this time, but if I find something interesting out there in the great unknown; you just never know do you?  Regardless of where I am please know that you are all in my prayers and heart.  This parish is a treasure.  We need to pray for one another and be responsible to and for each other.  We also need to get to know each other better.  Take the time to reach across the aisle and demonstrate a little hospitality towards your fellow parishioner.  Hospitality has always been a distinguishing characteristic that Christians are supposed to have for all people.  It has still been a short time since our merger of four parishes into one.  Let us try to be sensitive to the needs of one another.  We can’t do that unless we learn more about one another.  Our parish boundaries have drastically changed and our responsibilities have also drastically changed.  We will continue to work with other congregations in our beloved city.  You all saw the newspaper article about our city being number one in assaults in the nation.  We have a long way to go and miles before we sleep!

In the Lord’s love together-
 

Fr. Tom