More Urgent Than Usual: The Final Homilies of Mark Hollenhorst

About this book

Those who did not know Mark Hollenhorst a priest of the diocese of Duluth Minnesota would likely assume he was just an ordinary parish priest. But to family friends and his parish community he was remarkable both in his journey through life and in his journey toward death from cancer at age 43. Friend and fellow seminarian William Graham columnist for National Catholic Reporter has gathered here Father Hollenhorsts final homilies his last trip into the liturgical year. Through these homilies Father Hollenhorst shares the final journey of any Christian: the journey toward death . . . and resurrection. Intelligent often humorous always profoundly inspiring these homilies will help readers face their own journey whether it is imminent or merely inevitable with the hope that comes from abiding faith.