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Viatorian Community
Winter 2009
Volume 14, No. 1
Provincial Perspective My final task for the year 2008 was to sit down at my desk at the province center and write this letter for the Winter Edition of Viator 2009. I realize that you are reading this Provincial Perspective weeks after you have turned the calendar to 2009. However, as I wrote this, the calendar was dated December 31, 2008. Thus, it was time for resolutions. Normally, I do not make a lot of New Year’s resolutions. Not because I do not think that it is a good idea; rather I have broken so many resolutions in the past that I just do not bother with them anymore. This year is different – I hope. So here goes – my resolutions for 2009! (Some are borrowed from other more famous sources and poems). I am going to worry less and pray more; I am going to say “thank you” at least three times a day; I am going to listen more and talk less; I am going to exercise more and eat fewer snacks; I am going to drink better wine (makes exercising more bearable); I am going to worry less and pray more; I am going to read more about Darfur; I am going to get out of the suburbs and visit the city of Chicago more often;
I am going to take long drives in the fall when the leaves are changing; I am going to visit the sick and elderly more frequently; I am going to be more available to celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation; I am going to worry less and pray more; I am going to take more chances and worry less about what others may think; I am going to grill more on our patio and invite more friends to join in on the fun; I am going to invite more into the dialogue and really listen to them; I am going to work on relying more on God and less upon myself; and finally, I am going to worry less and pray more. These resolutions reach far beyond New Year’s and they only touch the surface of what I really hope for in my life. Yet, I offer them and ask for your prayers and God’s blessings as another year unfolds upon us. In St. Viator and Fr. Querbes,
I am going to see Jersey Boys and listen to more Golden Oldies; I am going to call my friends and tell them that they are important in my life; I am going to worry less and pray more; I am going to read more about Father Querbes and the early days of our community;
Rev. Thomas R. von Behren, CSV Provincial