Tomorrow is the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time; next week, Christ the King, and the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the First Sunday of Advent. Does it seem possible? We are nearing the highest point of the Untamed Roller Coaster at Canobie...in a "second" we'll be speeding down to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. Can you hold on? Already Wal-mart is advertising Black Friday specials for 10 pm Thanksgiving night. What really matters, it seems, is the BUCK, not time with the family. We leave home to go out and buy presents for the people we left at home. Crazy??? Time to STOP and take stock.
I've planned a morning of pre-Advent recollection on Saturday, November 19th, BEFORE the roller coaster careens down the other side of the big hill. 9 am till 11:30 am in the CCHS chapel. Fr. Jerry Hogan, from St. Michael's in North Andover, Bridgette Bolduc, teacher, and Br. John Kachinsky, guidance counselor will give talks. Confessions will be available and we will close with benediction. A chance to step aside and catch breath, to be quiet, to be nourished so that these Big Three Holidays will make more sense. The morning is open to Alumni, Friends, and Faculty of CCHS. Br. Tom is conducting special Advent sessions for parents. Please let me know if you are Bro. Rene
P.S. I will be away so there will be no slice of bread on Sunday.
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