Posted in on 30 March, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In the pre-1962 Passionist Calendar, tomorrow would have been the Feast of the Five Wounds. At that time, each Friday of Lent before Passiontide was dedicated to one of the instruments of the Passion (the Arma Christi), with the last Friday before Passion Sunday (tomorrow) being dedicated to the Five Wounds.
The devotion to the Five [...]
Posted in Religious Life on 28 March, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I have been in Paris for the last few days, at our community of Saint Joseph's, avenue Hoche, where I previously spent seven happy years. I came here for a meeting on Passionist Spirituality and Charism, which concluded today. This evening, I took advantage of my visit to go to Vespers and Mass at the [...]
Posted in on 27 March, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This photograph and the one which follows are from Zadok the Roman's two fine posts on the Church of Santa Maria in Domnica and its new titular, Cardinal Levada, who took possession of his church yesterday. Known to the locals as "la Navicella", because of the fountain in the middle of the road outside the [...]
Posted in on 22 March, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preaching to Pope Benedict et al., says: "There was a time when preaching on the Passion occupied a place of honour in all popular missions. Today, when these occasions have become rare, many Christians reach the end of their lives without ever having experienced Calvary." Saint Paul of the Cross described [...]
Posted in on 21 March, 2006 | 6 Comments »
This morning at 10.00, Thomas Davie opened the doors of the new Saint Mungo’s Bookshop, located beside the Church in Parson Street, Glasgow. It was a busier morning than we had expected when we chose the date; there was a surprise visit from Archbishop Mario Conti who was at Saint Mungo’s for a Lenten Service [...]
Posted in on 20 March, 2006 | No Comments »
Jamie of The Moral Highground has posted on the first ordination at the seminary in Yurimaguas. Bishop José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde C.P. is a member of the Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He is one of four (living) members of that province who are or have been bishops in Peru. (One of the [...]
Posted in on 20 March, 2006 | No Comments »
The webmaster at Saint Peter’s Parish Greenville has put three of my sermons from last week’s retreat on the parish website. If you have realplayer, you can hear them here. The first is on living in the awareness of our nothingness, the second is on prayer, and the third is on the Eucharist.
Posted in on 18 March, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I arrived home this morning from Greenville. I left yesterday morning - plane to Charlotte, then New York (La Guardia), bus to JFK, plane to Dublin and connecting flight to Glasgow. On the last flight I met some parishioners returning from Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin, so I came home in their taxi, which was [...]
Posted in on 15 March, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Retreat in Greenville continues. I give a morning meditation on the Passion after the 7.00 and 8.00 Masses, and in the evening we have the Rosary followed by a little reflection (traditionally called the Motivum Passionis), then a hymn, then the sermon (which last about half an hour) and the service concludes with Benediction [...]
Posted in on 9 March, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I haven’t written for almost a week, as we had Provincial Visitation, and now I am in Greenville, North Carolina, where I will be conducting a parish retreat for Lent at Saint Peter’s Parish which is staffed by Fathers Justin and Patrick, Passionists from the Province of Saint Paul of the Cross. This is my [...]
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