June 17--Fr. Franklin

My friend Franklin was ordained as a priest this evening at the little Franciscan church. It was beautiful. He is Chinese, and as a preface to the Mass there were drums and huge dragon lions that came through the church and chased all the demons away. It was way cool!

He will make a gentle, wonderful priest.

I usually eschew the social events that follow these things, but not tonight. I got to visit with a bunch of people I hadn't seen for a while, and I met a bunch of new people.

We were pretty much the last ones to leave, which is why I missed the deadline for my "picture a day" for the first time. Worth it!