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May 8, 2020 Dear People of the Diocese of Massachusetts, I want to speak with you about sacramental hunger and eucharistic practice. The lengthening duration of church closures has made increasingly painful for all of us the accompanying fast from holy communion. I want to assure you that your…

Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock, often in circumstances they never imagined, as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond. WBUR asked four members of the clergy who counsel patients in COVID-19 units to capture part of this experience. Katie…

May 1, 2020 As the deer longs for the water-brooks,     so longs my soul for you, O God. My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;     when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? ...I pour out my soul when I think on these things;     how I…

April 30, 2020 Upcoming Zoom gatherings Canon to the Ordinary Bill Parnell (bparnell@diomass.org) will host Zoom conferences for clergy and wardens next week, to check in and pray together.  While a time has been designated for each region, please feel free to join whichever…

The below is quoted from a video interview between Roger Colton of the Belmont Journal and the Rev. Paul Minor--a senior chaplain for the Massachusetts National Guard and co-rector of All Saints' Church in Belmont. [07:18] The Rev. Paul Minor: The call comes and people respond. One…

April 25, 2020 My Holy Week journey was out of sync.  In order to prepare our videotaped Easter Day celebration at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, my Easter sermon had to be written and delivered fully 10 days ahead.  I centered my mind and heart in the astonishing revelation of…