Last night at the 5:30 PM Mass, Fr. Gary spoke about drawing closer to God in a personal way. For centuries, the invitation from Jesus has been to draw closer to him as he invited Peter to step out of the boat onto the water and come walk to him. And yet it is our lack of faith and trust that gets in the way and we falter, we fall. Our late Pope John Paul II (the Great) invited youth to "Be Not Afraid"; to take that leap of faith in their lives in their relationship with God, the Church and the world. Too much to unpack in this simple blog!
Fr. Gary said some great words of Thanksgiving to our seminarians, Malek and Michael as they soon depart back to their respective seminaries. What a blessing to have such wonderful young men in formation for the priesthood! I look forward to the day of both of their ordinations, God-willing.
The hospitality and meeting after Mass was a bit chaotic for me, but I think that's the ARRANGER in me as well. Lots of moving parts and juggling/orchestrating all the last minute details/questions before we depart early on Tuesday morning.
So 24 hours before departure and off we go to Lisbon via Paris via Seattle. It's going to be a great journey!
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