Seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup.
In close-up: The sacred vessels and linens used at Mass (Adapted from an article by Philip Kosloski at Aleteia) The names and functions of the objects the priest uses in celebrating the Eucharist Most of us, if we weren’t altar servers or sacristans, got our one and only introduction to the sacred vessels and …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/1/2021
Does it matter what you wear to Mass? (Adapted from an article by Cecilia Pigg at Aleteia) When you wake up in the morning, how do you decide what to wear? Most of us take into account what’s happening that day, who will be there, and what the goal of the day is. Whether it’s …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7/25/2021
The Use of Latin in the Liturgy For some time now, we have been using Latin at Mass for various parts of the Sacred Liturgy, even having Mass in Latin on Fridays. Besides being something the Church expects all Catholics to know, there are deeper reasons for why we have Latin in these moments of …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7/18/2021
You may be wondering who the bearded man serving at mass is. That would be me! My name is Aaron Alford, and I am a fourth-year seminarian for the Diocese of Gallup. Having completed three years of study at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and a Spirituality Year at St John Vianney Seminary …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7/11/21
Renovations to the Confessionals You may have noticed over the last couple weeks that we have been doing some work on the confessionals. We are hoping soon to move back to those from our current arrangement in the side chapel of St. Katherine Drexel. Before we make this move, however, we wanted to make it …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7/4/2021
Given the Gospel this weekend, and its relation to human sickness, we would like to give the following paragraphs from the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a reminder of what the Church teaches in this regard. Illness in human life 1500 Illness and suffering have always been among the gravest problems confronted in human …
Read moreFrom the Rector, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 6/27/21, Cycle B
The Colors of Liturgical Vestments As we begin anew this Time after Pentecost, also known as Ordinary Time, it may be helpful to recall what the different liturgical colors mean throughout the year. The following is adapted from an article by Father William Saunders. The Church’s liturgical norms do prescribe specific vestment colors for various …
Read moreTwelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father’s Day, 6/20/21
From a work by Saint Bonaventure, bishop(Opusculum 3, Lignum vitae, 29-30. 47: Opera omnia 8, 79) With you is the source of life Take thought now, redeemed man, and consider how great and worthy is he who hangs on the cross for you. His death brings the dead to life, but at his passing heaven …
Read moreFrom the Rector, The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 13, 2021
From a work by Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest (Opusculum 57, in festo Corporis Christi, lect. 1-4) O precious and wonderful banquet! Since it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might make men gods. Moreover, when …
Read moreFrom the Rector, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, 6/6/21
