priestly fervor

I sure was edified today. The priest who came to celebrate Mass in our community chapel is a novice in the Paulist Fathers. 53 years old, and in ministry for 26 of those years, he was looking for a way, not to settle in, but to give his priesthood broader reach. Most of his background is in campus ministry (and he manifests great enthusiasm for it), and even though he has only been in Chicago for ten days, he has already begun to craft a ministerial service to the downtown colleges. As I said, I was inspired. Let's give guys like him a big hand, make that two hands, raised in prayer!