Dear Fellow Parishioners, “A time for praying and a time for grieving, a time for everything under heaven.” Isolation is enlarged when we must grieve during this pandemic. These past thirteen days during my brother Ed’s hospitalization have been overwhelming for my family. Trying to make decisions, trying to support, encourage, think clearly and rationally, trying to walk together from a distance, give people space, hold things together, have made for a very emotionally exhausting two weeks for us all. The situation was further complicated by the positive Covid-19 test results for those caring for Ed and Jane. I wish to thank all of you for your support, thoughts, and prayers during this time. I thank you too for your understanding as I grieve and continue to journey with you in faith as we enter into the wilderness of the Lenten experience. Sometimes that journey is dictated by the calendar, sometimes by the circumstances of our lives. Grief can sometimes lead us down the rathole of focusing on all the disturbing situations around us. I keep telling myself that I do not need to rewrite the Book of Job! I have learned wonderful things from my brother Ed. He was a licensed plumber, electrician, and carpenter. I learned all those skills from him, and he helped me work on many projects in and around my home. My fondest memory was his assistance in my freshman high school science fair project. We worked together, making a robot in our cellar. Then the challenge came of getting it out of the cellar, and then realizing that to get it to the auditorium for the science fair I had to walk it down main street since it wouldn’t fit any of our vehicles! This story was a topic of our “Breakfast with the Bros,” conversation several times. Ed has not passed away. He has passed on. Our faith tells us that we will one day join with all those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and celebrate at the banquet in heaven. When this pandemic is over, and we resume “Breakfast with the Bros” there will be three instead of 4. I am sure Ed’s wisdom and his spirit will live on in our hearts. Fr. Bill