Father Peter Fitzgibbon
From composer Dan Shutte we have lyrics and music for lines found throughout many of the Psalms. One such composition runs with the joyful chorus: Sing a new song unto the Lord; Let your song be sung from mountains high Sing a new song unto the Lord Singing alleluia I have sung it for years, […]
A special image of Church is that of “the Body of Christ”, where Christ is the “head” of the body, and we are the “members” of the body. (I Corinthians 12: 12-27) The concept of the union of Christ and Church is understood even more wondrously in the picture of a new Jerusalem coming down […]
Various appliances and furniture kit sets to be assembled usually come with instructions. Often, we tend to push ahead with assembly without reference to the instructions. Liturgy has guidelines too, instructions for how celebrations are to be assembled and celebrated. The Roman Missal is used at Mass. It begins with ninety-two pages by way of […]
The Word of God is the opening to intimacy with God. It was handed down orally across many generations before ever being written as Sacred Scripture. Once written down the Word of God came to be the Holy Bible. I have before me texts printed in GOOD NEWS BIBLE, a study edition with essays which […]
Feast of Sacred Heart of Jesus Matthew 11.25-28, Luke 10.21-22 From his Sacred Heart in the hearing of those who would open their hearts to his, our Lord Jesus addresses these words to the Father: “I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and […]
Humans have spiritual interests. Growing together in communities across generations and locations, peoples developed ways to express their shared spiritual awareness. Spiritualities many and varied were attempts to respond to the desire to know where we have come from, what is our purpose in the here and now, and where we will be when all […]
Various appliances and furniture kitsets to be assembled usually come with instructions. Often, we tend to push ahead with assembly without reference to the instructions. Liturgy has guidelines too, instructions for how celebrations are to be assembled and celebrated. The Roman Missal is used at Mass. It begins with ninety-two pages by way of introduction. […]