Bishop Brennan Honors His Ancestors-He's A Gift To Ohio

Bishop Robert Brennan, the newly installed bishop of Columbus, Ohio will be missed on Long Island where he's from. His family still lives here so it is with a sacrificial attitude that he goes to Ohio, but the Catholics from Columbus are the lucky ones.
Since I live within the Diocese of Rockville Centre, on Long Island, where Bishop Brennan most recently served as an Auxiliary Bishop, I know firsthand he was very well liked and the few times I attended special events or Mass and heard him speak, I came away thinking he was a special priest. He's also kind. The people, schoolchildren, clergy and interfaith community there will soon find that out for themselves.
Thanks to the wonder of Catholic television I was able to watch the installation Mass on the Catholic Faith Network of Rockville Centre. Bishop Brennan's homily was great. I loved how he explained what his episcopal motto, "Thy will be done." meant to him and his family. That biblical phrase (and verse from the Our Father prayer) is etched on the tombstones of his grandfather and great-grandfather. His grandfather also had a prayer card he carried with him with that phrase. It seems God's will was to bring honor to the Brennan family for their faithfulness.  Bishop Brennan is 56 years old, fairly young for a bishop. He brings goodness, vitality and prayerfulness to his role as bishop.
Ohio doesn't have great weather in the winter, but they now have a rising star with their new bishop of Columbus.
NJA