At St. Mark’s, we have so much to be grateful for. Our new priest, Columba Salamony, has energized our parish and our spirits so much more than we could have expected. As many have watched flowers and gardens wilt and struggle through the drought of the summer, only to be revitalized by the rains of the last weeks, so has our parish. We don’t know how much we might have been doing activities by rote, but Columba’s spirit has revitalized us like the rains on the gardens.