The school children will be disappointed but I might have to cancel their fall soccer season. I planted watermelon in the garden behind the rectory and the plants are growing so well they might invade and occupy the soccer field. I didn’t know they would sprawl so much! Maybe I’ll have enough watermelons to string them together and make a big watermelon rosary.

Big juicy rosary beads! This fall our prayers will be hefty, ripe, and sweet!

Nobody who has ever persevered in seeking God in prayer has ever regretted it. Nobody has come to the end of life and ever lamented, “I wish I hadn’t spent so much time in prayer.” Resolve to bring your whole heart to Mass every Sunday and to take time to pray every day. Together we’ll see what great juicy fruit can sprout from prayer.


Fr. Dennis Zehren