Entries by Saint David's

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – September 6th – Fr. Thomas.

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – September 6th – Fr. Thomas. The famed orchestra conductor Eugene Normandy was directing a piece of music that required a violin solo off stage.  When it came to that point in the recital there was a discordant screech heard from behind the curtain.  Later, Normandy asked what happened. The violinist replied, “You won’t […]

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 30th – Fr. Thomas.

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 30th – Fr. Thomas. A little boy was standing on the sidewalk in the middle of a city block.  He was obviously waiting for something.  An older man approached him and asked for what he was waiting.   The little boy confidently told him that he was waiting for the bus.  The […]

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 23rd – Fr. Thomas.

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 23rd – Fr. Thomas. Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s earthly birthday is August 26, but her heavenly birthday is Sept 5, 1997. Among all the many quotes for which she is known, here is one of my favorites. It’s engraved on the wall of her home for children in Calcutta and is worth […]

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 16th – Fr. Thomas.

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 16th – Fr. Thomas. A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class.  She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home.  She read, “And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow […]

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 9th – Fr. Thomas.

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 9th – Fr. Thomas. After a great deal of difficulty and frustration, a young couple finally conceived their first child, in fact, she was expecting triplets!  After their friends heard the exciting news, flowers and note cards started arriving at their home.  After the Sunday service at their church, the pastor said, […]

WEEKLY RECTOR’S MESSAGE – August 2nd – Fr. Thomas.

  When golf balls were first manufactured, the covers were made smooth.  Then it was discovered that after the ball had been roughed up, one could get more distance out of it.  So, companies started manufacturing the balls with dimpled covers.  So, it is with life; maybe it takes some rough spots to make us […]