Prayers

If you could say a prayer for three intentions it would be appreciated:

1) for a fellow teacher, Jim, where I teach, who is suffering from a serious blood infection and is in intensive care.

2) for my parish which is suffering from  a particular and somewhat unknown scandal.

3)for a man from the parish who died, James, after suffering from stage 4 cancer for the past several weeks.  Also for his family.


Thank you!

Music Update

I have entered an extremely busy couple of days.

Tomorrow I have a classes and a sung Requiem Mass. I have schola rehearsal in the evening. Then Saturday I will be gone all day to the Fr. Corapi event in New Jersey. Sunday I have two sung Masses for Christ the King, a procession afterwards, and then a schola rehearsal for All Saints the day after. On Monday I have two solemn high Masses for All Saints. Tuesday I have a sung Requiem Mass for All Souls with a procession afterwards (singing throughout) and then another Solemn High Mass Requiem in the evening at my parish which my students are also coming to sing at - so we have to transport them there.

That is 7 High Masses and 2 Processions in in 5 days!

And tonight I am blogging late because I had to update some SSL certificates on our server. My life is a bit hectic at the moment.

Very busy. Very rewarding. Come Wednesday I will be exhausted.

Bump in the Road

The good priests who allowed me to incorporate Gregorian Chant and other forms of sacred music at my Saturday evening Novus Ordo parish have been transferred. I will be praying for them and their success in saving souls at their new parish. They are good men who are open to the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and who are willing to allow him to operate. The care they gave to the people was genuine and very appreciated by all.

It appears the work done however over the past three years to help the cause of souls in this way through the promotion of truly sacred music may be hitting a bump in the road at that location. The new pastor seems unfamiliar with and somewhat uncomfortable with chant propers and Latin - the love of it by the parishioners notwithstanding.

But everyone will be getting used to each other over the next few months so there is not reason to despair. I hope we can work something out and will be praying to our good God that hearts will be opened and a way forward can be found.

So in your charity please pray for "Matt's Novus Ordo Parish" and in general for the cause of truly Sacred Music in our parishes.

Prolife "Cast the Gauntlet" Conference

My parish Knights of Columbus Council are having a conference this weekend in Scranton. It is our first event. Our registration deadline has been extended to this Wednesday and costs $25. Lunch is included in the price.

Our speakers are Alice von Hildebrand, Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, and Raymond D'Souza. The day begins with a Byzantine Divine Liturgy at 9:00am and the event ends at 4:30 in the afternoon.

For more information and to register, go here: www.prolifeknights.com

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Holy Thursday at My Parish

My friend and fellow parishoner Gary put together this set of clips from my parish's Holy Thursday Mass. The audio and visuals are fantastic!