Congratulations to the St. Monica Elementary School graduating class of 2009!
Happy Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to all of our fathers this weekend, and to those who have gone before us in life and death. Our prayers and gratitude are your's on this Sunday of honor and remembrance. We pray for and thank you for the wisdom, the patience, and the courage that you bear, to discern the presence of God in the face of life's many anxieties and storms. Your honesty and strength keep us rooted and steady on our way, and help to illuminate the path before us. Please keep close to our loving Christ, who is the Light, and may you know our love and many blessings this weekend.
My wife, Teresa, and I have a wonderful friend named Felixa. Felixa and Teresa have a special kinship due to the Lithuanian heritage they share and for which they both have a tremendous love.
At 4:31 AM on 17 January 1994 Felixa’s house was all but destroyed by the Northridge earthquake…with her and her husband still inside. Remarkably, they both survived. Some months later, over lunch, Felixa shared the story with us. Of course I asked one of those perfunctory meal time questions: "What did you do?" Felixa smiled. "My husband and I found a bottle of expensive champagne in 'the frig', which hadn't broken, then we searched for a decent pair of champaign glasses...
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