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Father Friel • Article Archive

Ordained in 2011, Father Friel served as Parochial Vicar at Saint Anselm Church in Northeast Philly before earning a doctorate in liturgical theology at The Catholic University of America. He presently serves as Vocation Director for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.—(Read full biography).

Fr. David Friel · March 24, 2013

The “Basically Good Person”

And the Work of the Devil

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Fr. David Friel · March 17, 2013

Doing Something New

Jesus & Pope Francis

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Fr. David Friel · March 14, 2013

A Papal Blessing

In Two Acts

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Fr. David Friel · March 10, 2013

Be Reconciled to God

Return of the Prodigal

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Fr. David Friel · March 3, 2013

Flaming, Yet Unconsumed

On Fire for the Lord

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Fr. David Friel · February 24, 2013

Two Lenten Passages

Doing the Will of the Father

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Fr. David Friel · February 17, 2013

Humility

The Root Virtue

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Fr. David Friel · February 13, 2013

Beautiful Savior

The Meaning of Ash Wednesday

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Fr. David Friel · February 10, 2013

Lovely, If Unfamiliar

Duc in Altum

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Fr. David Friel · February 3, 2013

Divine Intimacy

To Be Fully Known

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Fr. David Friel · January 27, 2013

Confessing Our Sins

How Do You Say…

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Fr. David Friel · January 20, 2013

The Mass

Miracle or Magic?

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Fr. David Friel · January 10, 2013

Biography • Father David M. Friel

Father Friel was ordained to the Catholic Priesthood in May 2011 . . .

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Fr. David Friel · January 8, 2013

Warring Gods

The Ancient Worldview

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Fr. David Friel · January 7, 2013

Little Christmas

Gift of Self

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    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

    There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

    The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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Quick Thoughts

    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

    Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

    Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

    I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

At papal Masses, the regulations against tardiness were more stringent than at Masses celebrated by cardinals or bishops. Giovanni Maria Nanino records that any singer who is not in his place—and in his vestments—by the end of the repetition of the “Introit” will be fined eight vinti. At papal Vespers, the singer who is not present at the “Gloria Patri” of the first psalm pays a fine of fifty balocchi.

— Giovanni M. Nanino (d. 1607), Papal “Maestro di Cappella”

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