Coming Late to Church
When I converted to Orthodox I was initially shocked by the number of folks that come late to Church. I know that in Orthodox worship we have a free style of wo...
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Mosque at Ground Zero
I have not commented on this up to this point but now I think I need too. Let me start by saying that I do not think that the proposed center should ...
Motorcycle Blessing
A few months back I decided to try and put together a motorcycle blessing here at the church. Way back when I was in the Benedictine Monastery we used to do thi...
What does it mean to be Church?
The title of this post is the question that we will be looking at during the next session of Pub Theology. On Friday, August 6th we will attempt to answer this ...
Congress ~ Divine Liturgy
Today, being Sunday, we celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the end of our Congress. Serving the Liturgy is a spiritual event for sure on any Sunday, but to be wit...
Congress ~ Day 2
Usually we spend most of the time at these meetings hearing reports and voting on things. A few years back, we re-wrote the operating procedures of the Archdioc...
Archdiocese Congress ~ Day 1
Actually this is day 2 yesterday the clergy of the Archdiocese met with the Archbishop. We gather ever 2 years as a diocese, well most of us do anyway, we spend...
English Liturgy
Recently, The Roman Church approved a new translation of the Mass in English. It has taken years to get into publication and it will be another year or so I bel...
Do This in Remebrance of Me
This is the text of my sermon for the 3rd Sunday After Petecost. I had intended to record it but I forgot to press record. So here you go.Last week we spoke abo...
Mosque at Ground Zero
Recently it was announced that a group of Muslims wishes to build a Mosque at Ground Zero. I think this is a a bad idea not simply because it is a Mosque but be...