I’m coming back home
I have been a “sheep in exile” for four years. I met many of you during our exile. And, although we didn’t speak of it, I could tell you all wanted to go home.
Some of you, have made changes and have become members of one of our surrounding parishes. Perhaps your children have made new friends in CCD or you are tied to your parishes in other ways.
Now the announcement is there in the Catholic Herald for all to see; St. Peter’s will have a new pastor. (Click here.)
Like me, many of you have no real decision to make. You knew all along that you would come back the very first moment that you could. For some of you, the decision will be a bit more difficult.
This will be our last post. Your support and prayers kept us going. Now, I’m coming home. Will you join me?
It’s been a very long time since I dedicated a song – this is for you.
Charlotte
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home
For the Sheep in Exile – 2018-05-27
Here is Bulletin_2018-05-27
Contribute to Health & Wellness in Rappahanock County?
Imagine, if you will, Yul Brenner in The King & I singing “A Puzzlement”. We often imagine that when we see certain items in St. Peter’s Sunday bulletin. For example, this week we read:
If you want to know what the PATH Foundation is about, click here. If you want to know who sits on the board of directors, click here. (Perhaps some of the names and faces will be familiar to you.) If you want to know what the PATH Foundation used to be, click here.
The part that doesn’t click for us is why the PATH Foundation will be meeting in St. Peter’s parish hall. It’s all well and good that an organization exists that is concerned about the physical health of those living in Rappahannock County. We’re sure the County Library would be well suited for that type of “community listening tour”. But, please tell us, where we can find the organization that is concerned about the spiritual health of those living in Rappahannock County? To quote the king:
“But… Is a puzzlement!”
For the Sheep in Exile – 2018-05-20
Here is Bulletin_2018-05-20
It is now 36 days to the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) Assembly. Although our Pastor has attended this event at least twice in the past, we have no idea if he will attend this year.
If you have the time, read the article Listening to Women: Creating space for women’s voices in the Catholic Church (click here). After you have read it, please note the remarks at the end of the article. This will help in understanding some aspects of the AUSCP agenda.
Listening to Women is sponsored by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests, Australian Reform Organization, DignityUSA, FutureChurch, RAPPORT (Renewing a Priestly People, Ordination Reconsidered Today) and the Women’s Ordination Conference.
No Corpus Christi Procession at St. Peter’s This Year?
If you are a Knight of Columbus and you were looking for a reason to attend tonight’s meeting at St. Peter’s, please read the two emails below. Both were sent to me by a person whom you know as one of most active and faith-filled members of our parish.
I have removed all names for the sake of privacy.
For the Sheep in Exile – 2018-05-13
Here is Bulletin_2018-05-13
Why wait for a formal review? I don’t know why the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP) Facebook page bothers to spend time on linking to articles like Archbishop Gregory: The time is right to review Mass translations in the America – Jesuit Review magazine. It’s obvious to us here at St. Peter’s that some probable members and associates of the AUSCP have already taken matters into their own hands.
The text in the Roman Missal used at Mass and the text in my Daily Roman Missal agree – word-for-word. What we hear at Mass, however, does not necessarily agree with either. Apparently, our Pastor has done his own ‘expert’ review of the current Mass translations. “Charity” becomes “love”, “graciously” disappears, and many other changes are frequent and consistent. Apparently, the personal views and opinions of the celebrant supersede what the Church has given to him to pray on our behalf. He has his own separate interpretation and translation.
Would it not be refreshing to pray once again as “one body and one Spirit” as St. Paul urged us in the second reading today:
I, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to live in a manner worthy of the calling
you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit
through the bond of peace:
one body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.
I suppose we could also add: “one translation”.
For the Sheep in Exile – 2018-05-06
Here is Bulletin_2018-05-06
Congratulations to the First Holy Communion Class of 2018!
(See the program here – Bulletin_2018-05-06A
The Sheep of Kephas 