28th Sunday After Pentecost
Colossians 1:12-18 Luke 14:16-24 The Gospel for this Sunday is about the man that throws a great banquet and everyone has an excuse and decides not to come to t...
Author: Fr. Peter
Funeral
Yesterday was my fourth funeral since coming here almost three years ago. In the grand scheme of things that is not many, but in a parish this size that is many...
Bum Fights
Yesterday I tuned in to the Dr. Phil show. I am a somewhat regular viewer of the show and tune in when the topic catches my eye. For some reason I knew this one...
27th Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 6:10-17Luke 13:10-17 This past Sunday the Gospel passage was about the woman who had an infirmity for 18 years and was healed by Jesus. On the surface...
Liturgical Language
My last post has started me thinking about language. Now I hope I do not insult anyone with my ramblings but I have been thinking of this for sometime now. How ...
St. Spyridon Vespers
Last night I had the opportunity to attend Vespers at St. Spyridon cathedral in Worcester. What a wonderful night filled with much prayer. About 400 people were...
Today
Today promises to be a little quiet and I like that. I have a meeting at 12pm at the funeral home to make the arrangements for the funeral this week. After that...
Conception of the Theotokos
Today, those of us in the Easter Church, celebrate the Conception by St. Anna of the Holy Theotokos. Yesterday the Western Church celebrated the feast of the Im...
Death
This past week I received a call from a parishioner to inform me of the death of one of the other parishioners. I have learned here in my almost three years as ...
Advent Thoughts
This advent season I have been re-reading the book The Winter Pascha by Rev. Fr. Thomas Hopko. A great little devotional reading book for this time of year. I u...