Peter Preble

Peter Preble

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Okay so I made the switch to the new blogging software, let’s see if it is any different.

Benedict and Bartholomew

On Tuesday, Pope Benedict will travel to Turkey to visit with Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople. My good friend Huw has a prayer on his blog for the visit. I think we all should adopt this prayer for this week as…

30th Sunday After Pentecost

Colossians 3:12-16Luke 18:18-27 In today’s gospel passage we see Jesus once again taking a swipe at rich people. The rich young man comes and asks Jesus what he has to do to get into Heaven. First Jesus rebukes him for…

Thanksgiving

Today in the US is Thanksgiving Day. Let us pause this day to say thanks for all that we have and let us not forget those that will go without today.

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 during the consecration. I first have to give a shout out to…

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 treasures and I think it is a gospel about faith, faith in…

Advent

Wednesday of this week the Orthodox Church began the season of Advent. Although we do not really use that term I use it here because people will know what I am talking about. This is the season of preparation and…

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 of King Edwin of Northumbria, and she seems like her great-uncle to…

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