Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “Armistice Day” (now called “Veterans Day”) November 11, 1919 to remember the sacrifices of all who had served – both living and dead – in the “The Great War” concluded just one year earlier. One hundred years after the armistice was signed at Compiègne (France), Veterans Day honors not only WWI ‘vets’ but all those who serve or who have served in the armed forces… Thanks to you all – including Fr Peter! Thank you for your service!
A bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, holding fast to the true message.
TI 1:1-9
“Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the one through whom they occur.”
LK 17:1-6
Thank you, Father Peter, for this sobering homily. As Elie Wiesel wrote, “To forget means to deny the relevance of the past.”