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Greetings as we begin another week!

As we approach the holy time of Easter, I would like to express my love and appreciation to all of you for making my experience here at St. Mark a time of joy, thanksgiving, and yes, of resurrection! We priests also struggle with being good Christian people and we experience disappointment and frustration at the way things are and feel helpless to make it better. However, the people here at St. Mark have shown me time and again the power of faith in overcoming great obstacles by your thoughtfulness and desire to make things happen. Rarely, have I seen such a great effort by so many, and for that I am so thankful to be your Pastor. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else and I look forward to even greater things in our future! Be assured of my prayers for all of you during this Holy time.

This Monday, I will have participated in a fundraiser to benefit the golf team at the University of South Florida which is my Alma Mater. I’m a little nervous since I haven’t been out in awhile and I have been partnered with Vinnie Testaverde, the former quarterback for the Bucs! I’m not sure what kind of game I’ll bring to the course, but I just am thrilled to play with a nice person such as he. I just hope I can keep control of my language as I hack it around. I’ll let you know how I do in the next column.

As of this writing, we still have a few cabins left for our trip to Europe and the Holy Land in October. If you haven’t made your mind up just yet, I would recommend you do it soon before the cabins are gone. You can reach Binnie at Tampa Palms Travel at 813-514-1507. This is a once in a lifetime trip and I promise it will be one that you will remember always. In addition, what a great opportunity to walk the land of Jesus with your parish family!

Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given us in each other!

Peace,

Fr. David