By Father Bill Messenger

"The love that is the Holy Spirit is the change-agent in our lives. In fact, that love, the Holy Spirit, is also the change-agent in God. Now, some people think that God never changes. But that is not entirely correct. God existed before creation. But the love that is the Holy Spirit could not be contained within God," Father Bill tells us for our celebration of Father Perry's retirement. "God had to change. God had to create. He had to share that love. And so he began a process of evolution that has resulted in the magnificent and vast expanse of the universe around us. He breathed his Spirit into the primordial waters, and the ancient oceans began to teem with life. Wherever there is loving change, we find the Holy Spirit."