The Anchorite
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The Anchorite
5M ago
Look down from heaven and regard us from your holy and glorious palace! Where is your zealous care and your might, your surge of pity? Your mercy hold not back! For you are our father. Were Abraham not to know us, nor Israel to acknowledge us, You, Lord, are ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) Hebrews 12:1-4 In this world we have our troubles Sometimes lonesome, sometimes blue, But the hope of life eternal Brightens all our hopes anew. (Chorus) I don’t want to get adjusted To this world, to this world, I’ve got a home that’s so much better, I want to ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 14:1; 7-14 The nomadic peoples of the ancient Middle East considered it a serious moral duty to offer nourishment and protection for travelers passing their way. The heat of the day, coupled with the scarcity of food and water, were themselves life-threatening. Travelers weakened by a lack of ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) Luke 13:22-30 Salvation. The Bible is filled with many images that seek to portray salvation in some way. The return from exile. The coming of the Kingdom of God. The wedding feast of the Lamb. A new creation. The new Jerusalem. Salvation involves being purged – freed ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) In last Sunday’s episode from The Adventures of Abraham, we found him sitting in the shade of a tree near his encampment as the day is growing hot. He sees three men nearby, not coming to him but on a journey elsewhere. Abraham runs to the three men ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
In 2017, Michael Finkel published a book with a provocative title that became a surprise best-seller. It was The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. The book told the story of Christopher Knight, a young man who one day, without telling anyone, simply wandered into the central Maine woods and ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
This will not be a typical post either in length or in topic. Rather, this will serve as a quick update as to what is happening with me now. I haven’t been able to do my usual posts for a couple of weeks, and it may be another week or two before I can resume ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
To all Catholics, and all people of good will: May grace and peace be yours from the Father, through the Son, in the unity of the Holy Spirit! I am an autistic Catholic priest. My unusual identity gives a particular twist to how I am called to live out my priesthood. In the ancient world ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Corpus Christi (A) Though the Easter season officially ended two weeks ago at Pentecost, the Church has added a kind of epilogue to it by celebrating feasts on the two Sundays that follow Pentecost. Last week, we celebrated Trinity Sunday, which gave us the opportunity to focus even more directly on the triune God ..read more
The Anchorite
10M ago
Pentecost (A): I Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13 Many years ago, there was a popular game show called Truth or Consequences. A contestant in this show would be asked a difficult trivia question, which the contestant would usually get wrong. Getting the question wrong had consequences! The contestant would then have to participate in a ..read more