Msgnr. Paul Reynolds

My friend, Monsignor Paul Reynolds, died this week. The funeral Mass was today.



I cannot capture in mere words what this man meant to me, and his transition from this life to the next touches me deeply.



Paul was an Irish priest who had devoted himself for many decades in Alabama and Georgia to serving God's Church. When I became Catholic, Paul was among the first to reach out to me to welcome me and share his joy that I had discovered the same treasures in the Church that he had. He asked me just to call him "Paul," and we regularly enjoyed lunch and/or good conversation together.



Paul was gentle. And holy. He simply exuded a warm holiness that I have encountered in very few people. Of course, he never would have acknowledged that. Anita and I often joked that we both had crushes on this Irish priest. His love for God and for people was just so evident.



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