2016-09-30T17:02:16-04:00

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The President of the USCCB wrote a congratulatory letter to the President of the United States: Dear President Obama, In my capacity as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, I write to express my congratulations on your re-election as President of the United States.The people of our country have again entrusted you with a great responsibility.The Catholic Bishops of the United States offer our prayers that God will give you strength and wisdom to meet the difficult... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:16-04:00

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From Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the USCCB:  With the election over, it’s time for the nation to retake its noble position as the home of the brave. Certainly the next four years will mark a critical time for our nation, an opportunity to show our better selves after unprecedented political rancor. It’s long been accepted the truth is the first casualty of political warfare; now we can add decency and civility to the casualty list. We’ve nowhere to go... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:16-04:00

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What’s the best thing to do the Morning After?  As we do every morning: pray. Rebecca Hamilton has this great prayer from the USCCB.  And the Concord Pastor offer this:  (This reflection was written on Tuesday afternoon, 11/6, before the results of the election were known.) Lots of people are very happy today, Lord, and almost as many are very disappointed… This is the day of winners and losers, of victors and the vanquished, a day of cheers and tears… And like yesterday... Read more

2012-11-07T08:42:02-05:00

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If you’re thinking, “Didn’t I read about that already?,” think again. This year’s ordination class was so large, it was split in two. Here’s the previous posting about the first group of 19. And here’s a link to biographies of the new batch, ordained on November 3.  (Thanks to new Deacon Tom Healey for keeping me updated!) Congratulations, brothers!  Ad multos annos!  Richmond is being richly blessed! Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:16-04:00

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Let the soul-searching begin: Mitt Romney’s loss to a Democratic president wounded by a weak economy is certain to spur an internecine struggle over the future of the Republican Party, but the strength of the party’s conservatives in Congress and the rightward tilt of the next generation of party leaders could limit any course correction. With their party on the verge of losing the popular presidential vote for the fifth time in six elections, Republicans across the political spectrum anticipate... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:16-04:00

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Details, from Catholic News Agency: The Catholic vote was divided much as was the rest of the nation’s voters, leaning slightly in favor of Obama. A final Gallup poll, reflecting tracking from Nov. 1 to 4, showed Catholics favoring Obama by 52 to 45 percent. “The Catholic vote, like any number of votes, does have the potential to make an impact,” said Gregory Smith, a senior researcher who specializes in Catholic politics at the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:17-04:00

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Yesterday, I posted on the peculiar way that Fr. Michael Pfleger marked Holy Thursday a couple years ago. Well, the person who stumbled on that video was Boston Magazine Executive Editor Patrick Doyle, who spent months seeking to answer a question that has haunted the American Church for the last decade: who would possibly want to become a priest today? Doyle’s very good piece on the new generation of seminarians, “Resurrection,” is now available online. He follows one young man’s... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:17-04:00

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Has it really been eight years? In 2004, I was one of the writers for what turned out to be Dan Rather’s last election night. I remember sitting at my computer console during a break and becoming aware that someone had pulled up a folding chair and was sitting just behind me. I glanced over my shoulder.  It was Les Moonves.  He was hunched over, all by himself, just looking around, sipping bad cafeteria coffee from a styrofoam cup. He... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:17-04:00

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More wisdom for this particular moment from my blog neighbor Elizabeth Scalia, who opines at First Things:   When I cast my vote today, I will do so while pondering ten years worth of praying the Divine Office and those psalms that so perfectly reflect the human condition. As we read them, pray them, we encounter ourselves and the world around us, over and over again. We come to see that while everything seems fresh and fiendishly important to us,... Read more

2016-09-30T17:02:17-04:00

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“He has not made us for nought; He has brought us thus far, in order to bring us further, in order to bring us on to the end. He will never leave us nor forsake us; so that we may boldly say, ‘The Lord is my Helper; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.’ We ‘may cast all our care upon Him who careth for us.’ What is it to us how our future path lies, if... Read more

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