Bethany Ministries Middleburgh NY

Dear Friends, The two video files in this post are of the Thanksgiving Day Mass we celebrated last Thursday, at the local parish Thanksgiving Day Friar Peter at Our Lady of the Valley in Middleburgh, NY File #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU9iHaji5ug ... Before the opening hymn to the words of Jesus over the host File #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QIkoDjTmFE From the words of Jesus over the cup to the closing hymn & 6 minutes of clean up Friar Peter took this video without help from the one who usually records so it isn't perfect. The break comes at an awkward time, and Sr. Anna is featured in the clean up after Mass, because Peter did not turn the camera off until after he greeted people after Mass. Perhaps this is a way of living a "Spirituality of imperfection."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3-jVKsqto Video link to October 31, 2020 Feast of All Saints Liturgy of the Word and Homily.

Dear Facebook Friends, On Saturday, Peter presided and preached for the vigil Mass for the Feast of All Saints at Our Lady of the Valley in Middleburgh. Fr. Juanito, the priest assigned to the parish, has invited him to cover one weekend Mass a month, as well as to assist with Masses he cannot cover. In November, Peter will be celebrating a Mass on Thanksgiving Day at 9:30 and in December, he will be doing two Masses on Christmas Eve, times yet to be determined. During hi...s homily for All Saints, Peter talked about the Beatitudes as part of a Spirituality of Imperfection because they describe a vision of a way of life that cannot be lived without the grace of God and the support of one another. The Mass itself was an example of that kind of spirituality, since it included several "mistakes" which highlighted the humanity of those who were leading the liturgy. We are including two links to the video of that Mass, recorded on Peter's phone. The first is of the opening, the readings and the homily, the second is from the Creed through the Eucharistic Prayer and Communion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3-jVKsqto Video link to October 31, 2020 Feast of All Saints Liturgy of the Word and Homily. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnljrIrcd Link to All Saints Day Mass, Creed to Communion

I was blessed to be able to preside and preach on Sunday, October 4th, the Feast of St. Francis at Our Lady of the Valley in Middleburgh NY. I watched Fr. Juanito's fine homily at the Saturday Mass on their facebook page, but I preached on how St. Francis would have heard the same Scriptures. The link below is to the Readings and homily for the Sunday Mass on October 4th. Friar Peter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28yU4lwTJQ8