A Day of Sacraments....

Today I saw my friends Father Joe Daleo and Msgr. Groth off to their next stop on their week long vacation.

I immediately got back into "work" mode and returned to the office this morning. After sending out some letters in seeking some corporate benefactors for our Evening Among Friends Encore Series with Dolly Parton, I began the day:

Today at 1 p.m. I have the Baptism of William Arial Franco Perez! It is a great privilege to administer the Sacraments and how wonderful it is to welcome a new person into the community of Christ.

At 2:00 p.m. today I will meet with a couple who will begin the discernment process towards the Sacrament of Marriage. So often today, we have lost the understanding that Marriage IS A SACRAMENT and a COMMITMENT that should not be taken lightly. Just in all the time of preparing for a caterer, dress, music etc... so, should the same amount of time (if not TRIPLE) should be applied to the understanding of God's call to this Sacred Life of Marriage!

At 3:30 p.m. I will be listening to Confessions -- another humbling aspect of Ministry.

At 4:00 p.m. I will celebrate our Saturday Evening Mass which is the anticipatory Mass for Sunday. A unique touch to today's liturgy, is that two individuals: Emily Gillespie and Patrick Schneider will exchange their Marriage Vows within the liturgy today!

At 8:00 p.m. I will take in a wonderful Play in Lexington in which a very good friend of mine, Debbie Hoskins, is acting in....

I am excited that our EBAY AUCTION of two tickets to 9 to 5 the MUSICAL, the premier in Los Angeles has reached $2,000.00. These tickets include airfare within the United States and HOUSE SEATS (which are the best seats in the house!)

Our EBAY AUCTION of TWO ROCKING CHAIRS to sit at the base of the stage for our concert with Dolly Parton on October 25th are only at $1,000.00. Each of those seats are worth $1,000.00 -- so right now, it seems like it is a buy one, get one free deal --- I will pray that this deal doesn't last long!!! WE NEED THE MONEY, to help DOLLY look cheap!!! (Her words!)