Mass for one...not counting Fr Tom

Service at St Francis this morning was a brief affair. Ellen was away at the Women Retreat at North Baltimore Mennonite Church and the rest of the congregation did not show up. It is made up of mostly elderly folks or persons in poor health and it doesn't take much to prevent them from showing up. So it was just Fr Tom and me. It was in a way meaningful and intimate to be the only person receiving communion. One day when I remember to I will ask Fr Tom why he labors on year after year with his little flock...