Starts tomorrow!! October 1st ushers in the best half of the year; the part I like. And we have been so lucky to have such nice weather to usher out the worst half and set the stage for the best half. My two favorite seasons are autumn and winter. Of course this is easy to say as we never have classic winter. Most of our best weather days occur between now and late March and sometimes early April.
October brings a real change in season; cooler, less humid and more intense football action. And we start looking forward to those awesome holiday seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
This year I am looking forward to a couple of special events in this half of the year. In November we will have the dedication of the chapel on the grounds of the Rayburn Prison. After November 19th we will have a special worship space to conduct Mass, communion services and prayer meetings. So looking forward to this! And then in December we will ordain 10 men to the Permanent Diaconate in St. Louis Cathedral. I've been so privileged to be working with these men in the last weeks and months of their formation.
So with these events in mind and the general atmosphere of autumn I say c'mon October and beyond. Bring on cool temps, nice breezes, shorter days, football frenzy, holidays galore; what a joy to enter the best half of the year.
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