Changes

As I am writing this, there is a change in the air.  You can feel the fall-like shift.  Weather reports say it will be warm again at the end of the week.  A priest friend of mine is depending on this return to warmer temperatures so he can make a few more visits to the beach.

Here on Cape Cod you notice the difference in traffic.   Lots of our summer visitors have returned home and we can reclaim our roads.  It is nice to have them visit for the summer but it is nice to wish them safe travels home.  While I am not of those to stand on the overpass and wave good bye to the cars headed for the bridges, it is nice to have shorter lines at the supermarket, more parking spaces, etc.

Of course there is a downside to this shift for the parish.  Collections will tend to go down and in February they will flatten out.  Christ the King does not have anything to worry about when it comes to financial support from our parishioners.  They are very generous.  But you do notice the difference when the seasons change.

 I do not look forward to winter, especially if it is anything like the horrible one we had last year.   Fall and Spring can be some of the nicest times on Cape Cod.  Enjoy it.

Monsignor Hoye