Within the
next couple of hours, I'll be leaving for Besancon, France. I'm going for
the beatification of Pere Marie Jean Joseph Lataste, OP., as the Apostle of Prison. I'm not taking my lap top with me. So there will be no
blogging until I come back. I'll be gone for a total of two weeks.
Then I'll chronicle the event and my prayers, poetry, and thoughts, from
the retreat at St. Niklausen.
I’m very excited. This is an adventure. I even feel like Mary in this morning’s
gospel, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
My spirit rejoices. He has looked
with favor upon me.” That’s how I
feel. Wowza!
I was blessed beginning
with Morning Mass at the Abbey. An old
friend was there—Deacon Dick. He was
never my spiritual director-- he was better!
I would go and tell him what my SD said and we’d discuss it. It was perfect for me. He always helped me put things in
perspective. Dick lives in Virginia now,
and was just by coincidence visiting friends around here. See—I feel so blessed.
All day friends and
family have been calling and tweeting and texting their good wishes and
love. I am very blessed.
Last night, Fr. Frank
Campo said a beautiful blessing over me.
My parish prayer group prayed over me.
Before that, my Dominican Study Group prayed for me.
My soul really rejoices
in the goodness of God. I’ll tell you
all about it when I return home, after June 14th.
