The Healing Power of the Church
The Gospel passage for this past Sunday came from the 8th chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel and is the story of Jesus healing the servant of the centurion. T...
Author: Fr. Peter
Some Thoughts on the Confederate Flag Issue
I am a living historian and portray a Federal Chaplain assigned to the 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the famed Irish Brigade. I do not glorify war bu...
The Purpose of our Being
One of the question I hear most as a spiritual director is, “What is my purpose in life?” Finding our meaning can be a struggle, and it may take us a li...
Some Thoughts in the Aftermath of Charleston
How do you begin to try and make sense out of something that is so senseless? Where do you start? I usually begin with prayer but today I am finding the words...
The Destructive Nature of Gossip
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another speaks evil against the law and judges the la...
Summer Challenge: USS Constitution
Last summer I gave myself a challenge to visit some local historical sites that I had never visited or that it had been a while since I visited them. I was abl...
10 Things to do on Vacation
Now that summer is almost here and we start to think about taking a little time off here are some suggestions that come to us from the Blog, Orthodoxy Around th...
The Problem with Pride
As someone involved in the spiritual direction and guiding others along the spiritual path, I often get the question about pride. We hear that pride is dangero...
A Little Summer Reading
A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a reenactment of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It was a fascinating experience to be involved in such an historic event ...
3 Ways to Reach Millennials
Much has been written about the recent Pew Research poll about the condition of religion in America. I have said before that if we are all about the num...