Prayers for all those affected by this storm.
Remember one thing: this is but one storm; your life is more important than a clean walk or driveway. Don't try to overdo shoveling out. As the man who cleans my walks said to me yesterday, "It's not worth a heart attack over. We'll get there (cleaning out)."
My vehicle is frozen into an igloo in the parking space behind the house and the boro has yet to clear the alley so we can even begin to think of getting out. I'm sure that at 24 inches we are far less burdened than many of you.
As far as the Eucharistic fast, remember the Fathers who have told us this is the highest way we enter communion our Lord, but it is not the only way. We have Scripture reading, prayer, and almsgiving (random acts of kindness) as three other, less but still effective ways, to continue building that relationship of "coming into union."
Bob
