"It takes Guts to be a Priest" – UPDATED

September 17, 2009 By

Read about it at Happy Catholic Then check out Webster on the guts it takes to be a priest. Yes, and it is purely a gift Diocese of Raliegh unveiles a poster for the year of the priest It will be a little quiet over here, as I am trying to earn some money. But [...]

Filed Under: Catholic Vocations, Catholicism, Year of the Priest

The Leadership Void; we need St. Benedict – UPDATED

September 3, 2009 By

Deacon Greg sent this my way, noting, “this is extraordinary, and the piece mentions you, too!” Such a star, I am! What is “extraordinary” is the lengthy post Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley put up in his blog, addressing the criticism he has received for presiding (in a very minimalist way, it must be said) at [...]

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"The stuff priests are made of…" UPDATED

August 31, 2009 By

Wow, a great photo via the Crescat, who recounts the story she found here and marvels at “the stuff priests are made of”: 4 June 1962. Navy chaplain Luis Padillo was giving last rites to dying soldiers as sniper fire surrounded him. A wounded soldier pulled himself up by clinging to the priest’s cassock, as [...]

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"A pure gift…not a trophy."

August 31, 2009 By

A truly terrific video I especially love the words of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, “This is a pure gift from God, and not an earned trophy. . .His grace lifts up our nature.” A simple-sounding yet profound mystery. And what he says about the priestly vocation is true for all of our vocations, including the vocation [...]

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As a child rests in his mother's arms…

August 29, 2009 By

Two terrific “must read” stories, one at the start of a life, and the other at life’s culmination, bring to mind verse 2 of Psalm 131: Truly I have set my soul in silence and peace. A weaned child on its mother’s breast, even so is my soul. First up, consider the mother who saved [...]

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Taking Communion when not Catholic – UPDATED

August 20, 2009 By

Rick at Brutally Honest, for whom I have a deal of affection, and he’s been a a provocative read for years, has been away from the Catholic Church for a long time. He and his wife have now decided to partake of Holy Communion within the Catholic Church, although without the sacrament of Confession or [...]

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