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Dear Friends:
With all of the talk and debate going on in this country and around the world about global warming, I read an article this past week that prognosticated that this year's winter will be colder than usual in most places of the nation. Bring it on, I say! With all of the rain that we have had in recent weeks, there is a lot of moisture evaporating from soaked lawns and standing water, mixed with our summertime heat producing the perfect combination for an uncomfortable environment where sweat is the byproduct.
At the time of the writing of this column it is late Thursday evening and sleepiness keeps tempting me with its beguiling suggestion that I should go to bed now and resurrect very early in the morning to complete what I have just started. Actually, it has been like that all week, hitting the old sack late and getting up earlier than God, quieting the alarm, checking out the room to make sure it is both familiar, debating whether personal motivation will send me to the treadmill or back to bed for at least one snooze alarm wake-up call. About mid-afternoon, however, and throughout the rest of the day, I find myself battling the temptation to surrender to the beckon call of my bed. But with all of the mail to be answered, homilies to be prepared and written, bank statement to be reconciled, I have been persistent in my intention to make a dint in parts of it. The only problem is that my body has become perfectly adapted to falling asleep in my chair at the computer in my rectory office, as well reviewing marriage cases in my office at the Chancery. As a consequence, it can sometimes takes me more time than it should to write the letter or send the e-mail or to finish reading the marriage case brief and sign off on it. After awhile, I have to get up and walk around, fix a cup of hot or iced coffee, wash my face and slap it a few times before sitting down and taking another stab at finishing the task.
Well, I have been dealing with this reality for the last hour and still have a goodly part of the bulletin left to prepare before going to bed, so I am simply going to let the reality of the situation, my doctor's recent prescription to get more sleep, and listening to my body which is presently suggesting that my thought processes and mechanical skills are getting ready to shut-down, dictate that I quickly end by saying that today's Feast of St. Pius was a wonderful tribute to the sainted pope who established our diocese and whose name has given this parish its special character these many years since its founding after his canonization. May he continue to intercede for all of us, but especially the sick, suffering and shut-ins of our parish, our youth and young adults, as well as every family and individual who are a part of this parish family of St. Pius X.
Fr. Richard
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