Liturgy
Last Things First
Monday, June 16th, 2008Tomorrow at 10AM I am presiding at my first funeral. I’m a little nervous because it’s my first one, but I don’t think it will be that difficult.
It’s not going to be a mass because, while the deceased is Catholic, no one else is (except me, the priest, of course). The funeral service will take [...]
The Passion of the Passion
Sunday, March 16th, 2008My retreat is over and now I’m in Memphis for Holy Week. As a transitional deacon with just a couple of months until ordination, I was asked to help out at the Cathedral for Palm Sunday mass this morning, and I had the distinct honor of reading the part of Jesus during the Gospel.
For those [...]
Our Father Who Art In Heaven, Please Don’t Touch Me
Saturday, November 5th, 2005I don’t really mean that. I truly want the Father in heaven to touch me deeply and forever. But can we please, as a Church, just end our experiment with hand-holding during the Our Father at mass already?
At mass this morning in our chapel, we had a number of guests with us who were here, [...]