Communio

Today my friend, Brother Benedict Maria, a Benedictine monk of Portsmouth Abbey, was ordained to the Order of Deacon by the Bishop of Providence, Richard G, Henning, STD. He’s doing his seminar...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/05/br-benedict-maria-ordained-deacon-at-portsmouth-abbey/

After several months of prolonged sickness and more than 8 years of thrice weekly kidney dialysis, my friend of 37 years, Chorbishop Joseph Francis Kaddo made his transition to the Lord of Life, ...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/04/the-transitus-of-a-friend/

In speaking about the liturgical contours of today’s commemoration, Fr David Petras uses St. John Chrysostom to draw our attention deeper into the mystery we are presented in the Gosepl. Chryso...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/04/sunday-of-the-paralytic-man-2024/

In Christian charity please remember the repose of the soul of Fr. Thomas J. Kelly, who died earlier today. Thom was a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, and the Magistral Chaplain for the Ea...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/04/thomas-j-kelly-priest-rip/

It seems the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, is once again the Patriarch of the West, according to the Annuario Pontificio 2024. It was removed from the list of papal titles by Pope Benedict XVI in...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/04/pope-once-again-the-patriarch-of-the-west/

God’s Friday is a remarkable day to deeply ponder the fact of Jesus death on the cross and his shedding his blood for us. Christians believe that what is called Good Friday is the day of our sa...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/03/the-power-of-christs-blood/

Today is the solemnity remembrance of the death of our Holy Father St Benedict. He died in AD 547. St Benedict as we know, was an ordinary man who bequeathed to us an extraordinary legacy of mona...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/03/transitus-of-st-benedict/

...bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/03/way-of-the-cross-over-the-brooklyn-bridge-2024/

There’s no reason we would know about Cyril of Jerusalem, a bishop and a liturgical theologian and ultimately a saint. For those of us who make the claim to be liturgical historians, Cyril’s ...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/03/cyril-of-jerusalem-keeps-our-eyes-on-salvation/

As move closer to the intensity of Holy Week we begin to refocus our spiritual eyes and hearts on what it means to be people of great, and holy desire by attending to the work the Lord has done f...

https://communio.stblogs.org/index.php/2024/03/the-thirst-we-have-is-satisfied-by-the-lord/