This Week: Easter IV

“Problems with Patience”  –Bp. Charles McGuire

The Bishop’s Note
We have had a mix of some good and some bad weather so far this spring. A lot of gray days, but it is still spring and rain is good for the plants and flowers, which look very pretty this year. One of the cats brought me half of a baby bunny and left it outside my office door last week. Fr. McKenna says that it is a sign of the cat’s loyalty and that the cat is just bringing a gift. I feed them well, but still they go out hunting… I guess that is what cats are meant to do. However, I would rather not partake of the animals which they catch. Yuck!

Wasn’t the Fatima Rosary Procession on Tuesday great! Eighty-one souls came despite the threat of thunderstorms. We prayed to the Child Jesus, Our Lady, and even to Bishop Dolan asking for good weather. Sr. Regina knew it wasn’t going to rain during the procession because she had her kindergarten class say a Hail Mary in chapel for that intention. Prayers were answered. The storm broke up right before it was supposed to hit West Chester. God is so good! Now we owe some prayers of thanksgiving.

Mother’s Day May Crowning went very well last Sunday, too. We had good weather and the High Mass was packed. I am so very proud of our First Communion class. They all passed their test and also did a fine job crowning Our Lady.

Fr. Lehtoranta was sick for much of the week and wasn’t able to teach on Monday. He did muscle through the weekend, offering Mass and preaching. We were short on clergy, so I am extra thankful for his practice of fortitude. Fr. Simpson has been a bit sick for a while now, but seems to be getting better. Whew! Our poor priests need a break! Well, school is almost out and vacation season begins soon—although the summer months are busier than the rest of the year. That is especially true this year since we have big feast days all the way through June.

Fr. Ercoli gave a very good report on our three seminarians. They are coming to the end of the year and two of them are up for Tonsure. I think this was mentioned last week, but it never hurts to hear it again.

Bishop Selway and I went to Most Holy Trinity Seminary a few days ago for a friendly visit with Bishop Sanborn and his clergy before returning here to St. Gertrude’s. Bishop Selway is here just for a couple of days. Do say hello to him if you should see him.

Last Sunday was the third priestly anniversary of Fathers Simpson, Brueggemann, Ojeka, and Okerulu. May God continue to bless their priesthood. They do such fine work with souls, and God could not have sent better priests to us. Continue your prayers for them! Today is the third anniversary of my episcopal consecration. If you don’t mind sparing just a Hail Mary for me, too, I would be eternally grateful.

If you are wondering what to think of the election of Leo XIV, wonder no longer. He is going to be more of the same. He is a heretical adherent to the Vatican II sect and supports the previous reign of Bergoglio. Besides this, he holds the globalist agenda on climate change and is purported to have encouraged a woman desirous of becoming the first female priest to follow her dream. He has vowed to continue the “dialogue” between Christians and the Jewish religion and says that we ought to have a “mutual understanding and respect.” As you can see, nothing has changed. But this should not discourage us. “Deus est!” There is a God. The Catholic Church is God’s Church, and He will take care of His flock.

Keep up with your Marian devotions for the remainder of the month and then continue them for the rest of your life. She will get you to heaven!
– Bishop McGuire

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