Anyone who's read this blog for more than a week or two probably knows that I have a particulardislike for squirrels who steal food from bird feeders (even if they do look funny in the way they go about their theivery).
Today a squirrel decided he'd had enough with the traditional ways of stealing bird food, so he scratched out a hole in one of my Mom's bird feeders, and is now able to hang from his back paws and reach up to get some food out of the hole on the bottom of the feeder with his front paws. Since it's Easter, I guess his ingenuity should be rewarded...
When looking through a website with some information about Fr. Hardon, SJ, a priest who left quite a legacy and who lived in St. Louis, I noticed the following quote from one of Archbishop Burke's homilies, which gave me a little food for thought:
"Catholicism is in the throes of the worst crisis in its entire history. Unless true and loyal Catholics have the zeal and the spirit of the early Christians, unless they are willing to do what they did and to pay the price that they paid, the days of America are numbered" (From the Marian Catechist Manual, p. xv).
Whether or not our country's days are numbered, our Church can always use renewal and strengthening. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit that this Holy Week can be a great source of spiritual renewal, especially for the Catholic Church in America.
I just finished processing the photos from this year's Transitional Deaconate Ordination Mass. Our Archdiocese now has four more holy deacons to call its own! I haven't had time to disseminate the photos yet, but I will be able to do so quite soon. For now, here's a picture with all the new deacons, Archbishop Burke, and Bishop Hermann (taken immediately after Mass):
