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WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 20th – Fr. Thomas.
This week’s “Rector’s Message” comes from my wife Erin, whose poetic skills are evident once again in this poem which the young people recited at the 10 a.m. mass last week. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2020!!! T’was the night before Christmas And throughout the earth God’s children were waiting For our Dear Savior’s birth The people in […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 13th – Fr. Thomas.
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 13th – Fr. Thomas. Some years ago the newsletter of Holy Trinity Church, Vicksburg, Miss., provided this tale: A man was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the bottle. During his struggle the phone rang, so he asked his four year old daughter to answer the phone. “It’s […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 6th – Fr. Thomas.
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – December 6th – Fr. Thomas. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers until after they give birth in […]
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – November 29th – Fr. Thomas.
WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – November 29th – Fr. Thomas. A woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards. She says, “I’d like fifty Christmas stamps.” The clerk replies, “What denomination?” The woman looks puzzled and replies, “Oh well, give me six Catholic, four Presbyterian, eight Baptist, five Lutheran, and twenty- seven […]