Thanks, Fr Ryan!
We are blessed to have a Villanova professor of History serving our parish; Fr Ryan has been offering Mass here for 26 years now. This past Monday evening after the Rosary, Fr Ryan gave a beautiful and scholarly talk on St Augustine, who his order is named after. He spoke of different aspects of Augustine’s thought and insights. One that I really found beautiful is St Augustine’s description of Jesus as the “Divine Physician.” As the Divine Physician, Jesus comes to heal the wound of our sinfulness; He restores our relationship with God as Savior and Redeemer.
Canopy Found
Older Catholics may remember whenever there was a procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament, a canopy was held over it as the priest carried the Monstrance supported by servers holding four corner polls. Since we’re planning to have an outdoor procession on Corpus Christi, the Knights of Columbus offered to rent a canopy from the St Jude Shop. The good news is, St Matthew’s owns a beautiful ceremonial canopy; I just didn’t know it. It’s now been taken to the cleaners up on Fayette Street to be steam cleaned in preparation for June 2nd.
Father Devlin