THE LAST SUNDAY BEFORE Thanksgiving this year also happens to be the last Sunday before Advent. We’re commemorating the Solemnity of Christ the King, the day in the liturgical calendar when the Church recognizes that Jesus Christ our Lord is not just the savior of each man and woman individually, but is the savior and king of the entire universe.
This Sunday is also special, because it’s five weeks until our wedding.
I smile at this as I pull my white and gold chasuble on in the Sacristy before 10:30 a.m. Mass. Dominic has already come and gone, hurrying around to make sure all is in readiness for the procession, complete today with incense.
“That’s seen better days, you know, Tom?” Helen says. Usually, she’s not with me when I put my vestments on. But for some reason, today, she asked
