It’s nice to know people care. I’m not talking about people who care about me. Two weeks we had major flooding in the southeast corner of our diocese from the remnants of Hurricane Lee. The Diocese of Rochester in which I live and serve covers a twelve county area. Only three counties (Chemung, Tioga, and …
To me one of the great treasures of the Catholic Church is that we are not just an agglomeration of individual churches. Each church has its own building but we share the same liturgy with every Latin Rite Catholic Church across the world. When a person goes to any Latin Rite Catholic Church in the …
Here is the this week’s bulletin article on the new translation of the Roman Missal. After the Penitential Rite comes the ‘ancient hymn of praise,’ “The Gloria.” At first glance, it may seem to have changed a lot. What has changed is the order of the words. The order of the words for the first …
Here’s my homily on September 11th 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Sirach 27:30-28:7 Romans 14:7-9 Matthew 18:21-35 September 11, 2011 The traditional Jewish custom was to forgive a person three times. If they continue to sin against you after that you were not obligated to forgive them. Peter puts the question to Jesus, …
Here’s the bulletin article on the new translations for 9-11-11. Appreciating the New Translations After the opening greeting at Mass comes the Penitential Rite. We come to Mass to receive the grace we need. We come acknowledges how we are imperfect and in need of God’s mercy. In order to help us open our hearts …
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Ezekiel 33:7-9 Romans 13:8-10 Matthew 18:15-20 September 4, 2011 Today Jesus gives us some instruction about how to deal with those who have sinned against us. Note there is no mention of revenge. There is no mention of punishment (except being treated as a Gentile or tax collector). …
Here is my bulletin article for September 4, 2011 on the new Missal. Appreciating the New Translations We do not have to proceed far into the Mass before we come to the first change in the new Translations. The priest leads us in the Sign of the Cross and then says one of three options, …
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I wrote the article below for the parish bulletin to introduce a series of short articles to help us prepare for the new translations. Becoming Familiar with the New Translations of the Mass In January, we began to talk about the new English translations of the Mass that we will begin to use in Advent. …
A primary responsibility of priests is the celebration of the sacraments. Among them is the Sacrament of Marriage. Deacons can also witness the Sacrament of Marriage. I use the word “witness” deliberately because it is the couple that celebrate the sacrament with each other. The priest or deacon serve as the official witness of the …
Some people seem to think our faith doesn’t have much to do with the way we do our jobs. A person might say I am accountant or a engineer or work in a government office. My job doesn’t relate to my faith. I disagree. While the tasks we do at work may not seem to …
