January 9, 2022 Yesterday, at St. Mary’s Church in Walnut Creek, I baptized Luca Slovik. I baptized Luca’s mother and I married her to his father. I baptized his grandmother and married her to her husband Jay. When you are a priest for 55 years, you are not only a priest but a grandfather priestContinue reading “The Baptism of the Lord: Version 2“
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The Baptism of the Lord: “The purpose of Baptism is to share with us who we are really and to encourage us”
January 9, 2022 (Version 1: This is Father Mangini’s first version that he delivered at mass) Today (yesterday) at St. Mary’s Church in Walnut Creek, I baptized Luca Slovik. Thirty years ago, I baptized his mother Veronica. I married his parents a few years ago. I even married his grandparents. When you are a priestContinue reading “The Baptism of the Lord: “The purpose of Baptism is to share with us who we are really and to encourage us”“
Harvest and Hope 