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...
Author: Fr. Peter
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 w...
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 dur...
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...