New to Prince of Peace
Well, I know some of you are wondering who this new priest is, I'm Fr. Matt Baum, or, just Fr. Matt. It's good to be with you here. Although I have to say, I arrived here officially on Wednesday, I started to unload my stuff, and sat down to prepare my homily. I opened the lectionary and I began to read the first reading. "In those days, the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, that I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out." Well, I can calm your fears, I haven't heard any great outcry against Prince of Peace or Northern Cambria! But I am glad to be here… At the same time, hopefully the Priests and deacons who replaced me at Immaculate Conception in Dudley, and St. Stephen in McConnellsburg, aren't standing at their respective pulpits this Sunday saying "The outcry was...