This afternoon I sat down to prepare my homily for the weekend Masses and finished it without much difficulty. Naturally, this pleased me.
This evening before Mass as I set the Lectionary and the Book of the Gospels I noticed first that the Gospel I prepared was not found with the readings. Then I realized that none of the readings I prepared were to be used this weekend.
I quickly went to the sacristy to try and determine what happened. As it turns out, rather than prepare a homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, I prepared a homily for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Oops. I guess I'm set three years from now.
Typically as I make my way from the ambo to my chair to preach, I offer a quiet prayer before the altar: "Saint Anthony, lend me your tongue." This evening I prayed this prayer before Mass, together with, "Come, Holy Spirit!"
If you’re saying that Sunday’s sermon was “off the cuff”, then well done father. With all due respect to your predecessor, mass as a whole is a much finer experience since your arrival.
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