Turkey break is upon us

Tomorrow begins Thanksgiving break for the seminarians at Kenrick. We have classes tomorrow morning, but can leave after our last class. I am taking my friend, Dan, to the airport and then heading back to Kansas.

While the break is supposed to be a time to rest and spend time with family, my break will be quite busy. Wednesday, I plan on doing some research at the Chancery office for my Master's thesis. Thanksgiving day will be my true day of rest, watching football with my dad and enjoying a big meal. Friday I need to prepare a children's homily I have to give when I return to Kenrick next Monday.

Saturday is going to be the busy day. My diocesan brother, Brandon, will be ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday morning. His ordaination means alot to me for a number of reasons. First, it will good to be with the seminarians and priests of the diocese again. The last time we were together was, unfortunately, for the funerals of my diocesan seminarian brothers Matty and Jared. Secondly, his ordination is important because it is the last ordination before my own diaconate ordination next May. In fact, his ordination will be exactly six months before my own (see my countdown clock on the blog for the EXACT time left).

What makes his ordination even more meaningful is that he will be the deacon at my ordination in May. Quite poetically, I think, is the fact that I will be the deacon for his and my cousin Anthony's priesthood ordination next June. What a wonderful way to share in each other's call from God.

Since I am going home tomorrow, I will probably not have a blog entry until Nov. 26th or Nov. 27th. I do promise that the next blog will detail the ordination and all that it entailed. Until then...God bless.

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