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Time For Me To Make A Commitment For The Sake Of The Gospel

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I’ve been lazy. There are so many things I’d like to do as part of my online ministry (which includes this website) that I haven’t done. I’ve thought about them, I’ve brainstormed over ideas for them, but haven’t put any of it into practice.

Until today’s daily Mass readings. The Apostles were so zealous to proclaim the Good News of Our Lord’s salvation that they rushed over to the temple to continue their proclamation immediately after they were miraculously busted out of jail. They risked maltreatment for the sake of the Gospel, and I can’t even find time, energy, and desire to do something as simple as a blog post.

I’m taking the first step right now. I’m publicly committing to posting at least 1 thing a day. It might be a discussion about an article online. It might be a quote from spiritual reading, the Liturgy of the Hours, or the Mass. On particularly hectic days, it might be a “Hi, I’m still here!” post.

My goals for this website are: to proclaim the Good News of Christ to those who have need of evangelization, and to help those who already follow Christ on their path to living as His disciple. Oh, and hopefully have a bit of fun in my geekiness.

Upcoming Move

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With the coming of summer, we’ve entered into new assignment season. This year, I once again will be joining those priests who will be packing up their belongings from their rectories and moving to a new parish. As of July 1, I will be the Parochial Administrator of St. Mary Parish in Malta, Montana, with missions in Saco and Dodson.

I ask that you keep all those priests who will be entering new assignments, including myself, in your prayers for safe moves and warm welcomes from the new parish communities.

Creative Commons Licensing

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Just to clear up any confusion regarding licensing of the posts, I’ve added the Creative Commons – Attribution licensing terms to the footer of the blog. In short, I want my posts to be freely shared, if someone actually thinks they’re worth sharing, and spread to the widest audience, but I want to receive full attribution for that post.

I believe that copyrights are a good thing to protect an author, but I also believe that the Church’s teachings should be shared widely. Please feel free to repost anything I put up here, making sure to give credit where credit is due.

Same Name, New Location, New Look

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After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (OK, maybe not “much”, but there was some), I have decided to say “So Long!” to Blogger and move out on my own. I did this for three reasons: 1) While I haven’t had any problems with either Blogger or Google, I am becoming increasingly uncertain that Google will be able to continue to restrain itself from censoring opinions that it finds to be politically incorrect or troublesome. 2) Having my own domain allows me to more easily explore other media formats, such as podcasts, if I feel drawn to do so. 3) My web development skills are very rusty, and this gives me the space to do some development on my own in preparation for developing new parish websites.

What this means is that eventually the old Blogger-based blog will eventually be deleted. Never fear, however, that old posts will be erased with it. The new blogging software (WordPress) has helpfully imported all the old posts and most of the comments (I think older comments were lost, sorry!) into the new blog, so I can continue where I left off.

With the new blog comes a new look, but I hope that this will be only temporary. I’m in the process of learning how to develop a WordPress theme that will change automatically based on the liturgical season and possibly even for major feasts. I don’t know when (or if) this will happen, but it should be interesting.

With any change comes a period of growth and uncertainty. Please feel free to leave suggestions and comments in the comment box. Welcome!

Donation button

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I’ve added a Paypal button to the blog. No, I’m not going to be charging for reading my homilies. They’re not that good. I’m just happy when most people stay awake as I’m giving them at Mass.

The button is there in case one or two of my many readers (meaning: one or two of my 12 followers) feel generous enough to throw a couple of dollars my way. This money will only go for one purpose: purchase new, worthy vestments, such as the beautiful vestments made by Luzar Vestments in the UK, and beautiful, worthy altar vessels, such as those available from Adrian Hamers. For far too long, unsuitable and just plain ugly vestments and altar vessels have been the standard fare for many parishes. We’ve lost a sense of beauty in the Church, and I hope that these vestments and altar vessels can be used throughout my priesthood to bring even a small part of that sense of beauty back to the Church.

I greatly appreciate any and all donations that people are willing to give from the generosity, but know that everyone are more than welcome to continue to visit this blog and participate in the comment boxes if you are unable or unwilling to donate. This blog has been open to everyone, and will remain open to everyone until the day God calls me home or the blogging ends, which ever comes first.

Update: For those coming from Priests in Crisis, welcome! I feel kind of embarrassed that Suzanne posted this to her blog, as there are priests who need the support the Priests in Crisis blog brings far more than I do. Nevertheless, welcome once again!

The “goal” of $12,000 that Suzanne mentions came from a Plurk posting which led to this post. It’s a rough number, and I may have to come up with an actual goal to work towards.

7 things I love meme

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OK, so AdoroTeDevote tagged me for a meme. I don’t know whether to be honored or offended, but either way, she’s tagged me, so I should do it.

The rule of the meme is this: Name 7 things that you love. Hmm…I could get into a theological discussion of whether or not you can actually love things, but I’ll spare it for now. Anyways, here are the 7 things that I love, in no particular order:

1.Being a priest – I truly love my vocation to the priesthood. To be able to bring Christ to His people in the Sacrifice of the Mass. To be an instrument of God’s mercy through the Sacrament of Confession. To be a source of comfort to someone when they’re dying, and to be with the family when they are gathered for the funeral of a loved one. I feel so privileged to be able to be a part of God’s plan of salvation, serving Him as one of His priests.
2.Jesus – The reason why I’m a priest. I sought ordination not for my own benefit, but to serve Our Lord Jesus Christ as He would have me serve Him. When standing at the altar or administering a Sacrament, I have the great privilege to stand in Persona Christi, to stand in His place. This is a great honor for me, which I am really unworthy to receive. The realization of the honor I have received makes me love Him all the more.
3.The Church – Just as I love Jesus, the head of the Church, I also love His Body. The Church truly is the Body of Christ present on Earth, and exists for one reason: so that we might know how to get to Heaven. How could you not love that?
4.The Pope – Somebody has to keep us in line. Jesus knew that we would need a visible head of the Church, and left us St. Peter and his successors. They weren’t always perfect, but they all had the promise by Christ that they would have the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. We can’t go wrong trusting in His promise.

Now for the more secular things that I “love”:

5.Electronic Gadgets – I admit that I’m a gadget geek. Whether it’s a BlackBerry, a GPS unit in my car, or video game systems, I seem to be always using some electronic gadget. I can live without them, I just choose not to.
6.My car – I know, I know, priests aren’t supposed to be attached to personal property, but I really enjoy driving my car. It’s just a lot of fun to drive and looks good. I do put over 2000 miles on it in a month, so I guess I probably should enjoy driving it.
7.My family – We don’t always get along, and we don’t always see eye to eye on things, but I wouldn’t trade my family in for anything. My parents have been great supporters throughout the seminary and ordination, and continue to support me in the priesthood.

Who do I want to tag for this meme? I think I’m just going to be lazy on this one and just open it to anyone who wants to do it.