Jean Amery, a Holocaust survivor tortured by the Nazis, later wrote about the abyss of human evil. He described his reaction as an "indignant despair." Haven't we all, to some degree, felt that abyss opened beneath us? A sudden loss, a violent head- line, a moment of loneliness or panic, when the world feels fragile and meaning seems to collapse?

Happy Sunday! It's been a number of weeks since I've written a bulletin letter and so much has happened. We were blessed to have the ordination of four new priests for the diocese on June 6 and to host the first Mass for Fr. Nathan Blanchard last Sunday. Please continue to keep these new priests in prayer as they prepare to begin their priestly assignments in July.

When I was a young altar server, I once overheard two very different comments about the Eucharist. One person asked, "Is Father distributing the bread or the wine?" Later, another asked, "Can you go get Jesus from the tabernacle?" Same parish, same Mass, but two very different ways of speaking. I pondered: So, is it bread that we pretend is Jesus? Or is Jesus a tiny white thing in a box? I was utterly confused.