FIRST OF SEVERAL

I have a number of things to blog about. However, I will do this one now because it is short and HIlarious. Last night our church had a memorial Mass for John Paul II. The new associate pastor gave the homily. It was not good. The high point was when he said, "Young Karol worked for a time as a miner -- he worked in a mine field."

I almost fell out of my pew laughing. That's right, Father, mine fields are populated by miners, who get very dirty in their jobs because they are underground...