So here we are,
almost at the end of 2014. It was, as they say, one for the history books. Will
you be sad to see 2014 go? Was it a good year for you and your family, or at
least your portfolio? Do you wish 2014 would go on for a bit longer? Or are you
distressed that the years just are slipping by too fast and wish they would
slow down?
In contrast and
on the other hand, are you ready to say “good riddance” to this year with ISIS,
Ferguson, political grid-lock and a cruddy season for the Longhorns, and are
hopeful that 2015 will be better, or at least not any worse?
Time is such an
elusive thing and yet so precious. If only we could slow time down in order to
do more and achieve more and get more done. But it is probably good that we
cannot because then we would never move forward!
Time keeps on
its inexorable course. How much more time does any of us have? How much more
time do the Paulist Fathers, or St. Austin Parish, or the United States of
America have? None of us knows.
Time is
invariably moving all of us forward to our meeting with death. Many try to
delay that meeting. Some look forward with confidence and hope to that meeting,
expecting new horizons and visits that cannot now even be imagined. Many of us
hover somewhere between the two, hoping for the best but in no hurry to find
out.
What will 2015
bring? A visit by Pope Francis to the United States for the World Meeting on
Families? I expect so. Our Faithful To Our Mission capital campaign
for the renovation of the exterior of our church? That is certainly our intent.
More political wrangling and gridlock? Count on it. Completion of the Mopac
express lane project? A consummation devoutly to be wished! A perfect season
for the Longhorns? Keep dreaming! We will just have to wait and see.
Meanwhile let me
take this opportunity, on behalf of the entire St. Austin Parish Staff, and all
the Paulist Fathers of Austin, to wish you a Blessed and Happy New Year, and a
2015 full of Joy and Peace!
God bless!
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