Ordination day for me and ten other brother deacons for the Winona diocese was last Saturday. As so many before me have testified, that stone floor of the Cathedral can be hard and cold, but it did not stop the tears from flowing while I was prostrate and the entire Church, both local and celestial, was praying for us deacons-to-be. The tears stopped only after the laying on of hands by Bishop Quinn and the Prayer of Ordination.
An event I would have thought years ago would never occur in my life. But as is usually the case, God works his plan in his own time and in his own way. He is doing that in my life, for sure.
I am simply amazed that I am a deacon of the Catholic Church and sent to preach the Gospel everywhere!
A thousand thanks to all who have been praying for me during these years.
