You Can Take That to the Bank: Reflection for Communion Service (Friday, 11th Week Ordinary Time, 6-21-24)[Gospel: Mt. 6:19-23]
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Last month on June 21 I had the privilege of utilizing my full instituted acolyte duties to lead a communion service for the people at my seminarian summer assignment parish of St. Edward Catholic Church here in Nashville in the absence of a priest or deacon for Friday in the 11th Week of Ordinary Time…
St. Blaise Blessings For The First Time
Praise God for the chance to help Father and the Deacons give out St. Blaise throat blessings to His people. The was my first time doing this! Be sure to get yours this weekend if your parish is offering them. St. Blaise, bishop and martyr of Christ Jesus, pray for us!
A Mother For These Times: My Assumption Novena Sermon
I posted last week about my receiving from my bishop to publicly preach outside of Mass once again for one of the days of a parish novena for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary being held at one of the local churches, the Church of the Assumption, in my diocese here in Nashville. This…
Preaching (Officially) For The 2nd Time Tonight!
Good news to share! I have received permission from my bishop once again for this year to publicly preach for the faithful in the context of a non-Mass liturgy for the Novena for the Assumption at a local parish in my diocese! I will be preaching later this evening. By the grace of God last…
My First Act of Public Preaching!
This past Saturday evening I performed my official first act of public preaching! I was invited to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in my diocese this weekend for their parish novena leading up to the Solemnity of the Assumption. Their novena ended yesterday and it involved a sermon on a…
Same church. Same cassock. Same beard. Different summer.
Been 3 years and now back at the same parish where I spent my first ever seminarian summer assignment, Our Lady of the Lake in Hendersonville, TN in my diocese. This time 3 weeks instead of 2 months but I will be back for Christmas and Holy Week next year. (Left: 2019/Right: Now) And way…
A Summer in Italy! – Rome Experience: Florence
Last week I began part 1 of my summer assignment on a program called the Rome Experience. This program involves traveling to Florence, Bracciano, and Rome, Italy/Vatican to see the beauty, history, and inner life and workings of the heart of the Church. The past week we were in Florence and saw many of the…
4 Down, 2 To Go: Second Theology Year of Seminary Complete!
Last week I came home, turned in one last (late) assignment, and completed my second theology year of seminary! That makes 4 years of seminary complete and only 2 more to go. This past year was the last one that I will begin as a layman and end as a layman. This marks a crucial…
Installed as Acolyte
By the Grace of God Almighty, I took one more step towards ordination and to the priesthood tonight at the seminary along with a bunch of other guys. During Mass I received the Ministry of Acolyte by installation. This is the step by which I am now officially deputized by the Church to assist the…
Marking 1 Year As Instituted Lector
Today marks nearly a year of being an instituted Lector for the Church! It has been great proclaiming the Word of God for the People of God! Though, we are all familiar with people at our parishes who volunteer to proclaim the readings at Mass; many of us have probably took part in this task…