Where the Rubber Hits the Road

G'Day Folks, I'll be away from the blog for a few days as I'm taking the other clergy from town on our annual fishing trip. This will be our 2nd trip into northwestern Quebec to Dumoine Lake Cottages . We spend our days fishing, praying, debating...  and eating. It's great fun!  We will return to our respective churches on Friday June 10th. I'll be back blogging upon my return. (Dumoine Lake is without a doubt the best walleye fishery for hundreds of miles around. The outfitter there possess 'exclusive rights' to all fishing and hunting and has developed a phenomenal fishery! )

Thank you all for your good wishes and prayers. The fishing trip was (as always) FANTASTIC.  My companions fished each day and always brought in their limit of delicious large walleye. Since I have visited this outfitter and fished his lakes for almost 20 years, I spent less time fishing and most of my time in quiet reflection and reading, just taking in the silence and beauty all around me. It is always a treat for me to go someplace where there are no phones, faxes or email to distract me and Dumoine Lake Cottages in Northwestern Quebec (http://www.kipawaoutfitters.com/) never fails to bring a welcome rest into my life. I was visited by moose, bears, and other smaller critters as well as a multitude of loons and other water fowl who kept me company while my companions were on the lake.  No Cathedral or church anywhere can match the grandeur of God's untouched creation and I can think of no 'holier' a place to celebrate mass than on a flat rock beside a magnificent lak...