Whoa!
(and how do you know?)
Well you made me smile Mr. Lobster, because I stuck that blurb in there just to cause puzzlement.
First, he’s around 56 years old though he looks in his late 30’s...y’all might remember the pic I put up last week on this thread...?
Second, he’s very heavy which means not much of nothing and the co-pastor is Father Jonas and, of course, he makes jokes about Jonas and the “Whale”-which is him.
Finally, well the guy has health issues, which concerns me. Father Jim, former Pastor, had health issues and I worried about that too. I’m not sure what Father Tom’s physical problem is but he has a great difficulty walking.
He does walk down the aisle for the mass beginning processional but we can sing almost ten verses of the opening hymn before he makes it to the nave. Yesterday, at the 4:30 mass, which was packed to the rafters because of summer tourists (wearing bathing suits in church) and many parishioners down at the beach are quite curious about this new Pastor at St. Jude the Apostle.
He goes up to the seat behind the altar and stays there pretty much during the entire mass, not giving out communion and not going to the podium to give the homily. He delivers th homily right from the chair behind the altar and he does a fine job. He has a microphone.
I noted during the processional at the beginning of mass that he HAD NO PANTS ON UNDER HIS VESTMENT!
All I saw was shoes, socks, and bare legs! I am sure I was not the only one.
Not that it was a problem but darn that’s odd.