Msgr Moroney's Blog: Boston is at peace...

19 April 2013

Boston is at peace...

Boston is finally at peace tonight. Dzhokar Tsarnaev is alive and in custody and no one has been hurt this evening in his apprehension. The Seminarians are giving thanks and God is very good.

God Almighty Father,
at the end of this day we give you thanks
for all through whom you have brought us peace.
Give them a well deserved rest from their labors.
May your justice and truth,
your mercy and love
bring healing and peace.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Monsignor James P. Moroney, a priest of the Diocese of Worcester for forty four years, is Pastor of Saint Cecilia Parish in Leominster. He served for many years as Executive Director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship in Washington D.C., as Rector of Saint John's Seminary in Boston, and as Pastor of Mary Queen of the Rosary Parish in Spencer and as Rector of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Worcester. Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict both appointed him as a Consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome and as Executive Director of the Vox Clara Committee. He is author of THE MASS EXPLAINED (Catholic Book Publishing) which is being published in its third edition this Spring.