The last time I was scheduled to preach a parish mission at the cathedral I ended up missing Monday and Tuesday evening due to being hospitalized. We are ahead of the game this year. We proactively scheduled two different preachers for those first two evenings anticipating my failure to show. The pastor is always thinking ahead. You let him down once and he does not take any chances in the future. He replaces you. (Just joking. This was designed intentionally to give a variety of speakers.)
Seriously, I am looking forward to preaching at all six of the weekend Masses and the closing night of the mission. My travel schedule does not allow for frequent preaching at the cathedral these days. Thus, it will be nice to make it to all of the Masses and see many folks that I have not seen in a while. I believe the three nights of the mission will provide three very different perspectives and styles from those of us doing the preaching. Hopefully, parishioners will be able to connect well with one or all of us.
If you live in the Cheyenne area please mark your calendar and make plans to join us.