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Father Gerald Dennis Gill

Funeral

Funeral Mass or Memorial Mass

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Today when people speak or write about the rites for the deceased, they frequently use a variety of titles or names for these rites and often interchange them, even when the Mass is offered for the person who has died. This begs the question, is there a proper title or name for the rites for Read More
Liturgy of the Hours

The Liturgy of the Hours

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Many priests today find the Liturgy of the Hours a burden and some have simply set it aside. This is not what the Church expects of priests who, when ordained deacons, made the promise to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. “Do you resolve to guard and increase the spirit of prayer proper to your Read More
Eucharist

The Eucharistic Prayer

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The National Eucharistic Revival now underway in our country is a worthy concern of all priests. The Eucharistic Revival, as a project of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, commenced on June 19, 2022, the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) and is planned for a three-year period. Read More
Ash Wednesday Masses

Ash Wednesday Charts a Course for All of Lent

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For many people, Ash Wednesday stands alone at the beginning of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes. The relationship of this day to all of Lent and to Easter receives little reflection. However, Ash Wednesday has a definite purpose for charting the course for the Christian observance of Lent, a time of intense “purification Read More
POPE MORNING MASS

Praying the Greatest Prayer: The Holy Mass

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Catholics often say that the Mass is the greatest prayer that we can offer. This is true for many reasons, and especially so because it is Christ’s prayer, Christ’s saving sacrifice offered to the heavenly Father for his glory and for our salvation. At every Mass, Christ unites us to himself in the offering of Read More
Paschal candle and holy water

Celebrating the Triduum in a Parish with Multiple Churches

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The Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar (UNLYC) that form part of the preface material to the Roman Missal give a clear indication of the liturgical pastoral significance of the Paschal Triduum. “Since Christ accomplished his work of human redemption and of the perfect glorification of God principally through his Paschal Mystery, Read More