Proverbs 4:6-7
“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she
will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it
cost all you have, get understanding.”
Wow! It’s been a little while so
here is a quick update:
- House is on the market. Need one? We’ve got one we’d like to show ya!
- July 1st is a big day. We get our housing assignment and financial aid information.
- We’ve been packing and packing and packing. Also, cleaning and giving stuff away. And selling stuff too!
- Talking and gathering pearls of wisdom. See below
In my soon to be thirty years on
this terrestrial ball, I have learned to listen and soak in the words and experiences
of others. Now, have I always applied
what I’ve learned, no. (ask my
mother). I was having a conversation
with a priest yesterday about some minute detail of liturgy (because that’s who
I am) and he imparted some sage
advice. Soon after it got me to
thinking, what else? What other tidbits of
advice is out there that we could pick up?
So far I’ve got:
One thing I have learned in 25 years as a priest is this. When your people experience your love for them, they will forget
the rubrics and experience God in you. When they don’t experience your love, even the rubrics you know is right, will be wrong. At the end of the day after
you become a priest, be present with people and care for people. Do not be lost
in the details of rubrics. Everything else will work out itself.
Now it's your turn. What else would you like us, seminarians, to know?
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