Fr. Jim's Blog

"The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is dragged out of his relative security into a life of absolute insecurity... out of the realm of the finite...into the realm of infinite possibilities." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I just watched the video below and plan on watching the movie it is from, "October Baby." One of our seminarians said it was outstanding and recommended I see it. I actually rented the movie from Redbox while I was at my parent's home in October, but I didn't have the time to watch it. I am happy to see that it is on Netflix.

God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be.... - Mother Teresa

I have a funeral and then will be heading down to Lacey for my monthly priest support group gathering. We begin with an hour of Adoration and then we have a check-in and sharing of one significant issue in our lives that we are working on. I look forward to the meetings but not the drive in the car:) Friday traffic is awful around the Tacoma/Olympia area. We usually go out for dinner, so maybe I'll miss some of it. I sure pity all of the people who have long commutes each day. Someone in our parish sent me an email describing a powerful encounter with the Lord during and after Adoration. I very much enjoy hearing people's Eucharistic encounters with the Lord and I really believe as society moves further away from God, there will be special graces for those who believe. Have a blessed weekend!

The Renewal Ministries newsletter (click HERE ) has some great articles for this month. Here is a quote from the newsletter by St. Cyprian of Carthage Let us carry bravely the shield of faith, so that with its protection we may be able to parry whatever the enemy hurls at us. St. Cyprian of Carthage

Some people have been asking me what happened to the Presider's Schedule link on my website. I deleted it. With the announcement this weekend that Fr. Roger is stepping back from helping at St. Brendan parish, there really is no need to publish a Presider's schedule. I may put a calendar up with the Daily Mass schedule since there are often mistakes in the bulletin and confusion around that. But outside of my vacation time or extra duties which would take me away from the parish, I am going to be the only priest serving at St. Brendan parish. I am working on some changes with the website. I am now the proud owner of a Mac Mini:) My Mac Pro has been an amazing workhorse for nearly seven years. I haven't had a single problem with it. It is no longer compatible with the newest operating system for Mac and sooner or later I am going to run into problems with my music software. I believe there is going to be a significant update for the Mac Pro in 2013, but I can't see she...

The homily for Epiphany Sunday has been posted in the Sunday Homily section of my website. You can listen to it by clicking here.