Related Note...

The New Archbishop of Boston, Sean O'Malley, was installed yesterday, promising to clean house and set things right. Word around the campfire is that he's dealt with dioceses plagued with child molestation scandals in the past. Here's his sermon. Good stuff and solid theology. Here's the bit that made me blog it:

When he [Saint Patrick] returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop, he was preaching in County Mayo where the O’Malleys hail from. A fierce warrior asked to be baptized and received into the Church. Since there were still no Churches in Ireland, they gathered in a great field. A huge crowd arrived to witness the event. Saint Patrick arrived in his bishop’s vestments, his miter and crosier. He stuck his staff in the ground and began to preach a long sermon on the Catholic Faith. The chieftain to be baptized stood in front of Patrick during the sermon. He grew pale, began to sweat profusely and fainted at the saint’s feet. When they rushed over to help him, the people discovered that Saint Patrick had inadvertently stuck his staff through the man’s foot. When they were able to revive the wounded warrior, they asked him why he had not said anything when it happened. He replied that he thought it was part of the ceremony.

Boston could use some laughter, that's for sure.