Tuesday, August 26, 2008

We Come This Far By Faith..........


"WE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH , LEANING ON THE LORD, TRUSTING HIS HOLY WORD , AND HE HAS NEVER FAILED ME YET."


These words to this song describes my GODFATHER, and our relationship over the past 39 years. He has been there for all of us in good times and bad times, always speaking his mind. There were many of times we disagreed, but he always gave us an opportunity to grow and be men who stood by the decisions we made. There were plenty I made that H did not agree with; but he ALWAYS stood tall with me.

It is REALLY AMAZING AND RIDICULOUS that we have to defend Msgr. Harris at this time. His record and body of good and service he has done as a priest is OUTSTANDING. The spiritual guidance he has demonstrated UNCONDITIONALLY from ST. THOMAS to ST. JOSEPH to OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNCIL to CATHEDRAL PREP to ST. CHARLES to ST. JOSEPH SEMINARY, and on and on and on cannot be duplicated nor quantified

As many have stated in their blogs, Msgr. Harris has been a very influential person in our lives. He showed us that hard work pays off. We were taught how to appreciate the simple things of life. He encouraged us to be willing to give our time and efforts to others. Most importantly, he showed us how to use our God given talents to make other peoples lives better. All of us who work with him see his example day in and day out. He lives the words he preaches!

His dedication, his determination, his desire and his discipline have patterned my life. I have to believe that the accomplishments and service with the thousands of lives that He has touched, will outweigh these allegations.


David Dennis
Cathedral Prep - Class of 87'

2 comments:

CloverleafReyC said...

Agreed - I had Big "H" as a teacher at the Prep, coach, employer, mentor in the Harlem Catholic leadership Project. He was a tough dude on me but kept me on the straight and narrow. Sorry crap like this happens but hope it will be resolved. Guys lets see what we can do get uplift Big H!

Renard Currie
Prep Grad 1982
reycurrie@mac.com

P.S. - Brian Dunn - contact me please!

Anonymous said...

It is you guys that lead the way. You were there. You klnow the truth. You were amazing standing there at St. Charles and giving us hope and added Strength. Let us not stop. Keep it going. let's stand together. Our Msgr. was always there for us so let's be there for him.
Thank you for the comment