Deacon's Blog
On How to be a Manger
Posted by Richard Moore on 12/21/20
Many years ago, I was at a spiritual direction session during Advent and my spiritual director gave me a card by Barbara Germiat about being a manger in our spiritual lives. In very few words it speaks great truth.
As we celebrate Christmas in a few days this ... Read More »
Finding Joy
Posted by Richard Moore on 12/16/20
Today’s, Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent, daily Psalm was from the 34 Psalm. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be glad. Look to him ... Read More »
Advent my Second Favorite Liturgical Season
Posted by Richard Moore on 12/02/20
A few years ago while talking to the 8th-grade class at St Pascal Baylon Regional Catholic School about Holy Orders and the Diaconate I was asked by one of the students “what was my favorite liturgical season”. As you can guess this question blew me away with its depth. ... Read More »
Remembrance
Posted by Richard Moore on 11/17/20
Last week on Monday (November 8) when I entered the church early in the morning to video a prayer service I was met with the candles from our remembrance Sunday celebration. This celebration we do at St Pascal’s every November is a very special time. We have a lit ... Read More »
Day After
Posted by Richard Moore on 11/05/20
As I write this it is the day after election day here in the United States. While I am happy to see that so many people voted in this election I still woke up with a heavy heart. My heaviness of heart does not come from whether the candidates ... Read More »
Wow
Posted by Richard Moore on 10/29/20
I am willing to bet you were like me last week when you heard the news reports about what Pope Francis had said in an interview concerning civil unions for gay couples. Even now I have to pinch myself to see if I might be dreaming that this happened. ... Read More »
A Saint Anthony Moment
Posted by Richard Moore on 10/21/20
Shortly after uploading my blog post “Faith Sayings” a few weeks ago, I had a Saint Anthony Moment.
We had taken advantage of the nice weather a couple of weeks ago and gone camping in our favorite camping location Lanesboro. Julie and I had just returned from a bike ... Read More »
Faithful Citizenship
Posted by Richard Moore on 10/21/20
I wanted to document my reflection from last week’s “Prayer Service For These Times: our civic responsibilities in the upcoming elections” and add references. As an experiment, I copied a transcript of the voice to text conversion YouTube did in creating subtitles for the prayer service video. The conversion ... Read More »
Faith Sayings
Posted by Richard Moore on 10/07/20
Over the years I have developed some faith sayings or mantras that pop into my mind, or out loud at times when faced with different situations.
Get out of the way of the Holy Spirit
I fall back on this saying when I find myself trying to control a ... Read More »
Why Ordination
Posted by Richard Moore on 10/01/20
As I sit down to write this blog post it is September 28 and the 18th anniversary of my ordination as a Permanent Deacon by Archbishop Harry Flynn. A few months ago I ran across a digital copy of a paper I had to write in my final year ... Read More »