{"id":6580,"date":"2021-07-06T07:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2021-07-06T07:46:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:46:12","slug":"seven-days-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/seven-days-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Days In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am now seven days into my new assignment at St. Mary’s of the Lake and St. Benedict’s<\/a>. In my first article (“From an End to a Beginning”<\/a>) after the move, I wrote about the people I was meeting and my first Mass as the Parochial Administrator here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, of course, there have been more firsts. On Friday, I presided at my first wedding here. I am grateful for the nice couple. It was also the first Friday of the month. Here, that means Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. I am so glad that we have Eucharistic Adoration here. I myself spent some time before the Blessed Sacrament in the evening (for more on Eucharistic Adoration see my article “Homily – Why are We Here for Adoration?”<\/a>). `<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have most of my stuff unpacked. It is nice to have all 20 boxes of books unpacked in my office that I have room to move around, not to mention being able to settle in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met with some of the family for the funeral for a funeral I will do this week. Normally, when I begin a new assignment I know no one. That has been very different coming to my home parish. Meeting with this family is no exception. While I don’t know them well, I have met the deceased and her husband in the past. Funeral ministry <\/em>is very important to me. When the funeral is for people I do know not, it can be a time to build a relationship with the family while giving them hope in eternal life. When I do know the family, it is a time of hope and the conversation involves an established relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came my first weekend Masses here as the Parochial Administrator. The Saturday evening Mass is at St. Benedict’s (about six miles from the rectory). In other multi-site parishes I have served in, the first I do when going to one of the other churches is to program my GPS with the address so I know how to get there. This time I started down the road and realized I didn’t program my GPS and I didn’t need to. I have said Mass before at St. Benedict’s. In fact, it is the church where I lectored for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does that mean the Mass was without emotional significance for me? No. In fact, just as I did at my first Mass assigned at St. Mary’s last Wednesday, (see my article last week “From an End to a Beginning”<\/a>) I had goosebumps during the homily. So much so there were times during the homily where I almost had to use my notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have met a lot of people, some who I immediately remember by name and others that look familiar that I need to relearn their names. Of course, there are many new faces to. While it makes the learning curve easier to know many of the people, I am grateful to see new faces. A good parish will always see new faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday brought another first as the Parochial Administrator, my first home visit. It was to a couple that I know of from the past but not real well. So, I am grateful for the time with them and to get to know them a little better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been a busy week. I am grateful that it has been a good week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am now seven days into my new assignment at St. Mary’s of the Lake and St. Benedict’s. In my first article (“From an End to a Beginning”) after the move, I wrote about the people I was meeting and my first Mass as the Parochial Administrator here. Since then, of course, there have been …<\/p>\n

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