I am thankful for my parish family. I spent the morning with our Youth Ministry group and some great parent volunteers. The rest of the Core Team and the parent volunteers took the youth out to rake leaves for elderly parishioners while I stayed at the Church to get a lunch ready for them when they got back. While we were eating, the Knights of Columbus came in to prepare a meal for a Memorial Mass (neither group was aware that the other had plans to use the kitchen today, so we had to share). I wish I had a husband so that he could be a Knight. They are a great bunch of guys!
Today's Saint is St. Christopher. Although St. Christopher was removed from the Church's universal calendar in the late 60's, devotion to him was not suppressed (contrary to popular belief), it was just confined to local calendars. He is considered a martyr of the early church, but most (if not all) stories of Christopher are primarily legend. He has been invoked as the patron saint of travelers for . . . . well just about forever. I have a St. Christopher medal in my car.
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