Overheard
This morning I heard one woman say to another in a stage whisper as I walked by: "Father doesn't have issues. He has a subscription."
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posted by Fr LWG at 7:14 PM
Sunday, January 21, 2007
About Me
- Name: Fr LWG
- Location: Peoria, Arizona, United States
Fr Loren Gonzales is a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix AZ currently shepherding a parish in Peoria. Fr Gonzales received his MDiv from the Franciscan School of Theology of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA. He was ordained to the presbyterate by the late Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, + Most Rev Carl Fisher. He is a former member of the Order of Friars Servants of Mary (Servites). He has ministered in the Archdioceses of Denver and San Francisco, and the Dioceses of Oakland, Orange, and Tucson, where he has served the people of God as a catechist, campus minister, liturgist, musician, parochial vicar and vocation director. His an advocate of the Reform of the Reform.Two years ago he received faculties from the Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, + Most Rev Thomas Olmsted, to celebrate the Classical Liturgy according to the indult Ecclesia Dei. On September 14, 2007 Fr Gonzales celebrated a Missa Cantata in honor of His Holiness’ Motu Propio Summorum Pontificum. He celebrates the usus antiquor regularly. This blog, Overheard in the Sacristy, is inspired by his smattering of memoirs, Fifty Sophomoric Summers.
Previous Wisdom (or Folly)
- Saint Agnes. Pray for us.
- Happy 91st Birthday Dad!
- Hillary Special
- Divine Providence?
- "Spirit" begone!
- Mona Lisa
- Thanks!
- Overheard in cyberspace ;)
- Special Report
- Mischievous? Naw!
4 Comments:
That's a good one!
I love this!
Father, are you sure we can't borrow you up here? We wouldn't keep you long: just 30 or 40 years or so!
And why did she say that, pray tell? Because you're doing your job? Because you're faithful to the magisterium? Because you teach what the Church teaches? Because you're a good and God-fearing priest?
Bah! Forget that bitter old shrew! She's the one who's missing out anyway, and she's the one who's going to have to answer for that comment, and whatever nasty little thoughts were lurking behind it. I'll add her to my prayers.
On the bright side, at least you have the consolation of knowing that the vast majority of saints were not appreciated by those whom they served (sometimes to an extreme, which is how we have martyrs!). It's all part of that whole suffering-along-with-Christ thing. Fun stuff.
Still praying for you, Father! :)
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