It sounds like great things are happening down in your swamps, Fish. Perhaps this is part of that revival we so desperately need?
I don’t know Gritty.
Yesterday choir sang at the 4:30 mass. Father Tom was not doing the mass but nonetheless the parking lot was packed. There is just no way our church, though it’s quite big....can handle these crowds forever.
So as I am coming into church the organist....not the normal guy, our Choir director....but the substitute....what has been begging me to ask Father Tom to my house....I don’t know why but she knows him from another church....so she calls me over to the piano....we are using a piano cause our organ is broke....and she tells me Father Tom told her about our debate “date” this coming Wednesday night....and how he thought he (Father Tom) and me (Pat Fish) are going to get along just great.
Yeah, the whole church knows about this and my mother-in-law, to whom I recount the stories of Father Tom....tells me to be careful....reminding me he IS a priest.
Well HE’s the one going telling everybody how much he likes me and let’s not forget how he challenged me to invite him to my house for dinner when we will discuss the Pope....in front of everybody on the Finance council.
Which I did invite him to my house for the debates though I am scared out of my mind.
All ready there’s discussion of maybe renting a venue to have Father Tom speak because like I say, our church is big but it IS a church. And yes I did mention this little tidbit to Father Tom.....(I have his private cell phone...go to hell...) and hey, he’s human....he’s flattered all to hell how happily MOST of the congregation has received him.
I’m not sure how I fit into all of this of course but hey, I will follow the lead of my Lord and Savior if He has a plan for me.
Most of the Sussex GOP already knows Father Tom as he attended three Delaware Republican conventions. And he knows Chistine O’Donnell....more on this later.
Because people want to hear the truth and people recognize the truth. Father Tom’s homily on the deceit of Islam was one such truth. Imagine if every preacher, from their church bully pulpit, taught about the falsehood of Islam.
To be fair Father Tom spoke of his Muslim friend who faithfully lay down their prayer rugs six times a day and he thinks their prayer is as sincere of any Christian.
I’ll end with a Father Tom joke cause he has a great sense of humor, insert wink here....
Seems a guy enters heaven and is surprised that it is filled with various buildings housing people....so St. Peter takes the new arrival to a tour.
“Over there is the Baptist building,” St. Peter said, pointing to a building filled with dancing people. “Seems they couldn’t dance on earth so they dance around the clock up here.”
They pass another building with smoke floating around it like clouds. “That’s the Methodist building. They couldn’t smoke on earth so they do it here, with no fear of lung cancer,” St. Peter explained.
Then they passed another building that was all quiet and solemn. The new arrival raised his eyebrows as in a physical question mark.
St. Peter smiled. “That’s the Catholic building. Be very quiet,” St. Peter instructed, holding finger to shushed lips.
“They think they’re the only ones up here.”
Heh.