Liturgical Words
Over on Fr. Z’s blog there has been an interesting conversation going on about two little Latin words that are used in the Liturgy of the Roman Church dur...
Author: Fr. Peter
Entrance of the Mother of God in the Temple
Hebrews 9:1-7Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Today we celebrate the feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God in the Temple although not a biblical event it is one of ...
26th Sunday After Pentecost
Ephesians 5:8-19Luke 12:16-21 I believe that this is one of the most misunderstood gospel passages and I get to preach on it today. It speaks of storing up trea...
St. Hilda
Abbess, born 614; died 680. Practically speaking, all our knowledge of St. Hilda is derived from the pages of Bede. She was the daughter of Hereric, the nephew ...
St. Margaret of Scotland
Born about 1045, died 16 Nov., 1092, was a daughter of Edward “Outremere”, or “the Exile”, by Agatha, kinswoman of Gisela, the wife of S...
Site Meter
Yesterday I attached site meter to the blog to see where people where coming from and how many people pass by each day. Now I will admit that most people seem t...
Now Romanians Say ‘Borat’ Misled Them
I happened on to the Drudge Report tonight and saw this story. I had no desire to see this movie and now I have even less of a desire. This is what is wrong wit...
New Dean at Holy Cross
News has reached the village that one of my mentors at Holy Cross in Brookline Fr. Thomas FitzGerald has been appointed Dean of the Seminary. Here is a link to ...
Photo from the Monastery
Here is a photo from the monastery. It is from their website and shows the old oratory. Once can see how different the setting is. The new oratory is much large...