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Mysterium Fidei
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of
life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never
thirst. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man
and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my
blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is
food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my
blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live
because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the
bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who
eats this bread will live for ever." (St. John
6:35, 53-
Since Christ himself has declared the bread to be his body, who can have any further doubt? Since he himself has said quite categorically, This is my blood, who would dare to question it and say that it is not his blood? . . . You have been taught and you are firmly convinced that what looks and tastes like bread and wine is not bread and wine but the Body and the Blood of Christ. You know also how David referred to this long ago when he sang: Bread gives strength to mans heart and makes his face shine with the oil of gladness. Strengthen your heart, then, by receiving this bread as spiritual bread, and bring joy to the face of your soul.
The Jerusalem Mystagogy of St. Cyril
(c. 313-
Who is Father Castor?
The Rev. Timothy W. Castor, born 1961, is a priest of the Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota. A brief curriculum vitae follows:
After graduating from Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown, Pa., I took a year off and worked in a factory. Then I entered Philadelphia College of Bible in Langhorne, Pa. where I earned a B.S. in Bible. I did my Junior year in Israel. After college, I worked for the American Missionary Fellowship in Villanova, Pa. In 1986, however, I was received into the Roman Catholic Church and had to leave my job with the (Protestant) AMF. For the next three years I worked in public relations and banking, in and around Philadelphia. In 1989, I entered St. Mary's Monastery, a small Benedictine community in Petersham, Mass. I was there for a total of five years, six months of which were spent at our motherhouse, Pluscarden Abbey, a 13th Century monastery in Scotland. Part way through my monastic career, I left for about a year, during which I did volunteer missionary work in Thailand for four months. Shortly before my temporary vows expired in 1995, I left the monastery, having discerned that this was not my calling. Next, I went to South Dakota where I entered the priestly formation program for the Diocese of Rapid City.
In May of 2001, I graduated from Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. with the M. Div. degree. On June 8, 2001, I had the great joy of being ordained to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ by his Excellency, Bishop Blase Cupich here in Rapid City.
My first assignment as a priest was to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help where I served as Parochial Vicar for three years. Next, I served for one year as Associate Pastor for the nine Catholic parishes of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation. Following this, I served as Administrator and Pastor of the parishes of St. Martin of Tours, Murdo; St. Anthony of Padua, Draper; and Christ the King, Presho.
From June of 2009 through May of 2011, I served as Parochial Vicar (Associate Pastor) for the parishes of St. Joseph in Spearfish and St. Paul in Belle Fourche.
Check out these links!
Here's some favorite links (I do not
endorse every-
Catholic World
News at CatholicCulture.org -
The Tablet
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L'Osservatore
Romano -
Ave Maria Singles -
Pax House
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The Chair of Unity
Octave -
Novena of Mercy (Original
Version) -
Rethinking Communion in the Hand by Jude A Huntz -
The Spirit
of the Liturgy by Romano Guardini (translated
by Ada Lane) -
Ceremonial for Lay
People -
Guide to attitudes, postures and
gestures at Mass -
Notes on the Apocalypse -
Sequence
Analysis -
Class 1 -
Class 2 -
Class 4 -
Notes
for Family Program: Pentecost
and Confirmation -
Saint Augustine's teaching
on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit -
Notes for Family Program:
The Most Holy
Eucharist -
HOMILIES
Sometimes folks have expressed an
interest in obtaining copies of my homilies. I hope you will find them helpful.
If there is any good here -
You can find my homilies in my weblog. Use the calendar in the sidebar to navigate to the day on which the homily you desire should be posted (this is still in development, so, as of April 1, 2005, the archive is quite incomplete).
The Homily Archive -
Photos
Here you will find links to thumbnail pages. To see the original photo, click on the thumbnail. The originals are rather large, so be patient downloading them!
Family
Photos -
Snapshots from the Wedding
Reception of Abbey & Jake -
Walt Disney World,
September 2009 -
Gregorian Chant
Jubilate Deo -
Here are some Gregorian Chants I've recorded as an aid to learning. These are definitely not studio quality!
Holy Thursday 2011 ~ Chant for High Mass
Easter 2011 ~ Chant for High Mass
2nd Sunday after Easter 2011 ~ Chant for High Mass
Corpus Christi 2010 ~ Chant for High Mass & Procession
This site is Copyright Rev. Timothy W.
Castor 2001-
Last update:
July 13, 2011
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