Do you travel well?

It strikes me that there might be one sentence missing from today’s first reading. I know: “Who am I to think that I know that something is missing from the Bible?” But the Israelites had been wandering for some 40 years in the desert, so it sure seems to me that –...

Pastor’s Pen – August 2, 2015

Of Liturgical quirks and calendar planning.. This year, the feast of the Assumption of Mary falls on a Saturday (Aug. 15th). Because of that, in the United States, it is up to the local Bishop to determine whether or not the “Holy Day of Obligation” status remains for...

Pastor’s Pen – July 26, 2015

Somehow, I always manage to be gone for the parish feast day. This time, it is for a baptism of the fourth child of two friends of mine near Portland, ME. (I have baptized the other three – so when they asked, I was delighted to say yes…) Still, I find myself thinking...