{"id":760,"date":"2012-06-30T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2012-06-30T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T14:34:43","slug":"five-days-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/five-days-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Days Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

I officially arrived at Immaculate Conception Church <\/a>as the pastor on Tuesday (June 26th).\u00a0 As I was carrying boxes into the office, Sr. Edna asked to talk to me about a funeral.\u00a0 She apologized for having to ask so quickly.\u00a0 The funeral was going to be Friday and she needed to know if I was going to be available.\u00a0 I told her no need to apologize because during my final days at Our Lady of the Lakes I kept thinking somebody was going to call me from Immaculate to say there was a funeral for me to do on my first day so Friday seemed pretty easy.<\/p>\n

Of course, I have been spending time this week unpacking.\u00a0 I said my first Mass here on Wednesday and have been warmly welcomed by parishioners at the daily Masses and in the office.\u00a0 I have spent a lot of time in conversation with the staff finding out about the parish and what goes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through all of it, I have been even busier than I expected.\u00a0 Through all of it, I continue to have a sense of peace about it.\u00a0 I am not getting worried or worked up about “stuff.”\u00a0 For me that is a gift from God.\u00a0 I see this gift of peace as God’s way of telling me I am right where I am supposed to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is now Saturday morning so in a few hours I will say my first weekend Masses at Immaculate.\u00a0 As I get ready for this I am thankful for being part of the universal Roman Catholic Church where the Mass is the Mass in every church.\u00a0 Sure, each church has its own nuisances of how some things are done but it is the same Mass.\u00a0 So, one of the great comfort points this week has been that when I have said the daily Masses and the funeral Mass, I\u00a0 know what is going on.\u00a0 In that I find comfort and a commonality with all the people.<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

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

I officially arrived at Immaculate Conception Church as the pastor on Tuesday (June 26th).\u00a0 As I was carrying boxes into the office, Sr. Edna asked to talk to me about a funeral.\u00a0 She apologized for having to ask so quickly.\u00a0 The funeral was going to be Friday and she needed to know if I was …<\/p>\n

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