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December 6, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 12/11/15

This Tuesday begins the Year of Mercy.  It begins with Immaculate Conception.  It goes until Christ the King which is November 20, 2016.  This is a extraordinary Jubilee Year, which means that that Holy Doors will be opened at each of the four Major Basilicas in Rome.  The Diocese ... Read More »

November 29, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 11/23/15

Today begins Advent.  This is our journey toward Christ Mass, aka Christmas.  Just as Lent prepares us for Easter, so does Advent prepare us for Christmas.  Advent and Lent have a lot in common.  The color is purple (the kingly color and the color they dressed Jesus in when ... Read More »

November 22, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 11/23/15

This weekend we celebrate Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.  This is the last weekend in the church year.  Next weekend we celebrate the first Sunday of Advent.  Remember that we will be making a few liturgical modifications with the beginning of Advent.  We will say the ... Read More »

November 15, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 11/16/15

Over the past five or so weeks, I have been writing about silence in the Liturgy.  I will continue with that theme today.  It has been my intention to systematically go through the Liturgy and talk about moments of silence.  Last week in covering this topic, I talked about ... Read More »

November 8, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 11/04/15

Over the past four or so weeks, I have been writing about silence in the Liturgy.  I will continue with that theme today.  It has been my intention to systematically go through the Liturgy and talk about moments of silence.  Last week in covering this topic, I was able ... Read More »

November 1, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 11/04/15

Over the past three or so weeks, I have been writing about silence in the Liturgy.  I will continue with that theme today.  It has been my intention to systematically go through the Liturgy and talk about moments of silence.  Last week in covering this topic, I was able ... Read More »

October 25, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 10/23/15

Over the past few weeks, I have been writing about silence in the Liturgy.  I will continue with that theme today.  It has been my intention to systematically go through the Liturgy and talk about moments of silence.  Last week in covering this topic, I was able to talk ... Read More »

October 18, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 10/23/15

Last week I began writing about silence in the Liturgy and covered the moment of silence that comes after the homily.  I plan to continue writing about the topic of silence, and this column includes a long quote from a book I was reading a couple of days ago ... Read More »

October 11, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 10/07/15

As we know we have a lot of silence in the Mass, and I wrote about this two weeks ago. There is silence at the point in the Mass where the priest says, “Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.” Here ... Read More »

October 4, 2015

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 10/07/15

This week is clergy conference for the Diocese of Duluth. We will be learning about spiritual healing. That is, we will be learning about Exorcism and Deliverance. This is a much needed topic to learn about as more and more people turn away from God and dabble in things ... Read More »