Father Timothy Lambert, a Roman Catholic priest celebrated his outgoing Mass this morning at Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Church, across from the Met Life headquarters building on Route 22 in Bridgewater.
He is taking a leave of absence to tend to a few health issues, and he carries with him the best of luck and the speedy grace of God in this hiatus from his job. Everyone will miss his towering presence, his devotion to the parish, his warm smile, and his quick dry wit.
I’ve known Father Tim for only a few brief years, but he is one of those genuinely good guys at the forefront of the priesthood who have continued to be a credit to their calling, even as they took the brunt of the heat for the failure of their national and international leaders to fully anticipate and to fix the abuse problem quickly enough which, by now, the entire civilized world is only too well familiar with. (See the footnote below.)
Father Tim served at the right hand of Father Joseph Celano, Pastor of St. Bernard’s, and another solidly reliable priest on the front lines of faith.
Good luck, ‘Tim,’ and may a gentle wind always be at your back.
Thanks for reading. Stay engaged.
Note: (The Diocese of Metuchen was one of the first in the nation to recognize the scope and seriousness of the problem and to have dealt with it promptly and decisively, as manifested by fundamental structural changes which were swiftly implemented in this diocese (Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties) under the leadership of Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski.)
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