This weekend the gospel readings used one of those words that you don’t hear a lot in modern society. “Zeal” John 2 Verse 15 “His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.” Being a writer I find word origin completely fascinating. Zeal comes from the Greek root word zêlos.ContinueContinue reading “Zeal”
Category Archives: The Mass
Saying Goodbye to our Parish
A week or so ago I talked about writing a letter to the Bishop. I decided that I would not post that letter, instead I decided I would post the letter that we wrote to our priest and the pastoral administrator about our decision to leave the parish. Dear Father ######### and Mrs. ######## (pastoralContinueContinue reading “Saying Goodbye to our Parish”
Back on the Wagon (not that wagon)
The day I started this site the goal was that I would post everyday, even if they were only really short updates. The three days passed before I posted the first post. So I am not doing so great with that. I got on a roll last week, and then I got utterly knocked downContinueContinue reading “Back on the Wagon (not that wagon)”
A letter to the Bishop.
Well post #3 on my new blog and I am probably going to ruffle some feathers. That didn’t take long. If you don’t know already I live within the Diocese of Rochester. We are a troubled Diocese. If you have any doubt of that you only need read a few of the posts on CleansingContinueContinue reading “A letter to the Bishop.”
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