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Forgot to mention that Father Flowers is also a terrific singer! In fact, at the end of his introcutory mass lastMonday he says, I roughly paraphrase....”Bishop Malooly says that we shouldn’t clap in church as it detracts from the real star of he show....GOD. so let us applaud God for bringing us such a wonderful choir to help us celebrate in song.” And they clapped and never, in my 12 years, has this ever happened.

So yesterday-4th of July, we have first 6pm mass of the year cause the tourists, folks, they’re everywhere, wearing bathing suits to church and stuff. The church was about half full as it was first week but that’s still about 300 people, we have a big church.

My friend Diane Feinstein....ooops....Pat, is the Cantor and she tells me before she goes up to altar to sing real loud cause with these few people we have to sing loud....plus they are tourists....wearing bathing suits and stuff.

So I do....I sing nice and loud....more on this later. All of a sudden I hear the sound of a beautiful male voice....loud and pretty. IT WAS FATHER TOM!

Of course he sings/chants the parts of the service as required and as priests must do. But Lord he was singing a communion hymn and it was beautiful...just glorious.

So I join in nice and loud and of course my friend Diane....oops, Pat...is up there leading the song and it’s just us three....you should smile. Song was “Spirit of God” in case yon reader knows it.

I don’t care what anybody says, the three of us filled that church with beautiful song, yes we did, Diane the soprano, me the alto, and Father Tom the tenor.

Anyway, at mass end, people in front of me turn and tell me that I sounded beautiful.

Well go to hell......hey, I liked it.

Guy’s a Tea Partier and beautiful singer....what’s not to like?