Happy Birthday, Donna Marie, from the Isle of Saints and Scholars!
I didn't think I would have the opportunity to wish my sister a happy birthday in this way, but as things worked out, the flight from Dublin to Knock was canceled, and the airport has internet! There will be a flight to Galway and a coach from Galway to Knock.
We should be arriving in Knock at about 9:30 or 10:00 tonight. I am glad that I celebrated Holy Mass this morning before leaving Rome. I hope stroll down to the shrine tonight to see if the gable of the apparition is illuminated.
His Excellency, Bishop Edward J. Slattery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma has given
Father Mark a special mandate to live under the Rule of Saint Benedict in adoration before the Eucharistic Face of Jesus, offering thanksgiving, intercession, and reparation for all his
brothers in Holy Orders. In this way, Father is preparing the foundation of the new Diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle. Father Mark is available to the
priests and deacons of the Diocese for spiritual and sacramental support in their pursuit of holiness. He is also charged with the spiritual formation of women who desire to dedicate themselves to spiritual motherhood in favour of priests.
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