Dedicated to the Restoration of a Catholic Identity
Father in heaven, the day draws near when the glory of your Son will make radiant the night of the waiting world. May the darkness not blind us to the vision of wisdom which fills the minds of those who find him. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.
posted by Fr LWG at 6:50 PM
Fr Loren Gonzales is a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix AZ currently shepherding a parish in Peoria. Fr Gonzales received his MDiv from the Franciscan School of Theology of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA. He was ordained to the presbyterate by the late Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, + Most Rev Carl Fisher. He is a former member of the Order of Friars Servants of Mary (Servites). He has ministered in the Archdioceses of Denver and San Francisco, and the Dioceses of Oakland, Orange, and Tucson, where he has served the people of God as a catechist, campus minister, liturgist, musician, parochial vicar and vocation director. His an advocate of the Reform of the Reform.Two years ago he received faculties from the Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, + Most Rev Thomas Olmsted, to celebrate the Classical Liturgy according to the indult Ecclesia Dei. On September 14, 2007 Fr Gonzales celebrated a Missa Cantata in honor of His Holiness’ Motu Propio Summorum Pontificum. He celebrates the usus antiquor regularly. This blog, Overheard in the Sacristy, is inspired by his smattering of memoirs, Fifty Sophomoric Summers.
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Yesterday, at the Mass I attended, the priest gave a sermon about the word "joy" and brought with him three metallic letters that spelled out the word.
Then, near the end of Mass, the priest spoke to the congregation, explaining that Mass next Sunday afternoon does "not count" for both Sunday and Christmas Mass.
Then, the priest explained, "You got two envelopes, you gotta go to two Masses."
"Hey -- I gotta say (all those) Christmas Masses," he said, urging parishioners not to complain.
Then, he yelled, "Suck it up, people!"
There was much laughter in the congregation.
A number of people were filming the priest with their camera phones.
Lovely prayer. The priest mentioned in the comment section, however, sounds like someone lacking in something.
Pray for the sanctity of priests.
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