Tag Archives: Lent

Pre-Lent

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

This Sunday (three Sundays before Ash Wednesday), February 17, 2019, is traditionally known as Septuagesima — Latin for “seventieth” and understood to be approximately the seventieth day before Easter. Septuagesima is the traditional beginning of Pre-Lent. This observance has been abolished in … Continue reading →

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The Purification of the Church

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

Last weekend in my parish I preached on the current scandals in the Church and our response to them. You may be interested in reading that homily here. In it, I encouraged prayer and fasting for the purification of the Church. … Continue reading →

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Altar of Repose

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

This year I had a traditional altar of repose set up in my parish, the Cathedral of St. Paul. A local carpenter constructed the backdrop and shelf assembly that was erected in front of our statue of the Blessed Mother, … Continue reading →

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A Holy Thursday Gift

Posted on April 2, 2015 by

For several months now I’ve been undertaking a transformation of the rectory chapel here at St. Barnabas, to change it from the guest room that it used to be to a room that looks like a chapel and is a … Continue reading →

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Mass Ad Orientem for the Annunciation

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

This morning I celebrated Mass ad orientem for the Solemnity of the Annunciation, on our historic high altar at Holy Rosary Church. The Mass (which was a Novus Ordo in English) was offered for all the deceased of the parish: for those … Continue reading →

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Potato Onion Oil Egg Salt

Posted on March 5, 2015 by

Tonight I tried my hand at a great meatless meal, Spanish Tortilla. It is nothing like the tortilla we know in the USA, made from flour or corn. This one, rather, is made from eggs and potatoes (and oil, onion, … Continue reading →

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A Time of Martyrs

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

I said to some priest friends at dinner tonight that after I was ordained nearly seven years ago, whenever I preached about martyrdom I would do so in terms of “white martyrdom” (suffering for the faith, not dying for it), saying that … Continue reading →

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Fat Tuesday’s Excesses

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

In the Catholic world, the time leading up to Lent has traditionally been known as “carnival”, from the Latin words for saying farewell to meat (“carne vale”); during this time people would clean out the larder in their homes – … Continue reading →

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Lent Is Upon Us

Posted on February 14, 2015 by

While I’ve had some blogging ideas lately, I’ve not had the time actually to post them. In any case, I did want to put the link back up for the Lenten Reading Plans. So those of you accessing the blog from a desktop … Continue reading →

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Needed: Lenten Almsgiving Alternatives

Posted on February 3, 2015 by

In many places it’s a tradition by now to save one’s pocket change for Operation Rice Bowl, a program run by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). However, CRS unfortunately continues to make bad decisions about how it will use its funding, so … Continue reading →

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Christ in the Tomb

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

The city of Naples, Italy leaves much to be desired; however, should you ever find yourself there, you must go to the Sansevero Chapel museum to see this life-sized sculpture of the Veiled Christ. I visited it several months ago. It is … Continue reading →

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Holy Saturday – The Harrowing of Hell

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

FROM AN ANCIENT HOMILY FOR HOLY SATURDAY Read in the Office of Readings in today’s liturgy What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth … Continue reading →

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