Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world
It happened 70 years ago today: the Bishop of Munster, Germany climbed into the pulpit to condemn the Nazi’s euthanasia program. Bishop Clemens August von Galen later became a cardinal, and was beatified in 2005. L’Osservatore Romano takes note: The bishop did not hide from his faithful the names of certain places nor his attempts [...]
That seems to be the unfortunate thinking among many priests (and, supposedly, deacons), according to this observer from the United Kingdom: I once asked an old faithful Catholic why so few people went to confession these days, and he replied at once: “Because we are never exhorted to do so from the pulpit.” This set [...]
Beautiful sentiments from the homily at the royal wedding this morning (and if you have to ask “whose wedding?,” roll over and go back to sleep…). From the ever-vigilant Frank Weathers, a snip: “In a sense every wedding is a royal wedding with the bride and the groom as king and queen of creation, [...]
John Martens at America’s blog “The Good Word” has a few good words for those who consider themselves the next John the Baptist — or even the next Jesus: John the Baptist was a prophet and Jesus is considered by Christians to be both God and man, the Messiah, Lord, who will come again in [...]
The problem reportedly surfaced last weekend, and drew the attention of higher-ups in the diocese. Here’s more, from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (and I’m sure you can spot the glaring factual error in the second paragraph…): At a recent Sunday mass at St. Edward Catholic Church in Bloomington, a woman stepped to the lectern [...]
That’s one blogger’s response to this post about a priest who used one of my homilies, verbatim and without attribution, last weekend. From Quantum Theology, here’s Michelle M. Francl-Donnay: The deacon isn’t particularly perturbed, “As far as I’m concerned, the Holy Spirit owns the copyright to my work, not me, and I’m glad others can [...]
Continuing his thoughtful and informational series on the deacon as “Minister of the Word,” Deacon Bill Ditewig has now turned his attention to preaching: With regard to the deacon preaching at Mass, the GIRM notes that the deacon preaches “on occasion”. The norm is for the priest-presiding to preach, but he may also ask the [...]
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