Monday Thots

A quiet day to start off the week. Most Mondays are like that. No one comes in to bother you much and I have the whole office to myself and catching up on any remaining work that needed to be done. The cool weather outside also gives a serene and fresh outlook of what possibilities one can embark on in the playground of the Lord.



For starters, I had to do a funeral for a deceased parishioner who was recently baptised. An elderly gentleman who died at the age of 82, he was the only one together with his wife who became a Catholic. The rest of his immediate children are non-Catholic. His niece, who is a Catholic, saw to most of the arrangements for this funeral. I had initially just wanted to do the Mass (re: Are We There Yet? this blog entry) without the homily but decided this was an opportunity to enlighten the congregation on the Catholic way of approaching the question of death.



Later Bro Nick (no, not related to St Nick...) from St Pat's called to ask if I am able to do a Mass in the school's chapel, on Wednesday evening, for Bro William who had passed away today. Unfortunately I wasn't able to and asked him if he could contact another priest nearby. Phew!... This week seems to be a 'good time' for dying. Fr Pierre Barthoulot also was called to the Lord Sunday morning. May all their souls rest in peace.



Meanwhile, the world continues to roll on and the day is half gone. Be good for something for the rest of this day!