Author: Steve

John is cantoring. His wife and I will be singing in the choir. I’ll blog about all that later today when it’s over. I just wanted to share my excitement at participating in a Mass where holy orders will be conferred on someone.

Priests are being transferred to other parishes this month, which means our associate pastor who does a weekly novus ordo Latin Mass will probably be packing up his Graduale Triplex (among other things) and moving on. I’m sad to see him go. He’s been doing the Latin Mass for quite a while but just in the last two months he’s recruited a schola. I am hoping and praying if he leaves we get another young priest who will continue the Latin Mass. If you are local in Northern Virginia and want to attend email me and I’ll give you directions. For the month of June we’ll still having this Mass on Friday evenings at 7:30 pm.

Steve Mattson gives his take over at In Formation. As for me, I am very glad Weakland is sincerely contrite:

Each day I will try to leave room for God to enter into my life more and more. Ultimately I understand that the humanity God so loved and sought to redeem, including my own humanity, will be transformed by his loving embrace and grace.

We must pray for more transformations in the hearts of our leaders. We must also pray for the victims of these scandals, the perpetrators, and all who have lost faith because of them.

but I can’t find Andrew Sullivan’s post to make any additional comments.

He’s just down the road from me at St. Louis Parish in Alexandria, VA. Within the parish is the Poor Clare Monastery of Mary, Mother of the Church. I believe I have attended Mass at the the monastery with Fr. Jim presiding. It is my singular distinction that an old girlfriend of mine from college is in that monastery. I’ll save that story for another day unless our readers demand I drop everything and tell it.