The Deacon's Bench
Or at least, he does in the teaser for his new series “Anger Management.” See below. Read more
Or at least, he does in the teaser for his new series “Anger Management.” See below. Read more
Below, Harry Chapin performs what may be his best-known and most enduring song — and the subject of it, his son, talks about his father, who died when he was very young. Meantime, there’s great information about how the song came to be at this website, quoting Chapin’s wife, Sandy, who wrote the poem that became the basis of the song. “Cat’s in the Cradle” became Chapin’s only #1 hit: “Harry wrote exactly the right upbeat melody over a sad... Read more
“You are the heirs to a Church that has been a mighty force for good in the world, and which has given a profound and enduring love of Christ and his blessed Mother to many, many others. Your forebears in the Church in Ireland knew how to strive for holiness and constancy in their personal lives, how to preach the joy that comes from the Gospel, how to promote the importance of belonging to the universal Church in communion with... Read more
The way we were. Mom and Dad and my older sister, Karen. My parents were married on 18 June 1949. Which means tomorrow would have been their 63rd anniversary! Read more
The issue of ordaining women as deacons popped up on John Allen’s radar screen today. From NCR: Today’s Vatican news bulletin announced that the web site of the International Theological Commission, the principal advisory body to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been “renewed, reorganized and updated,” principally by providing versions in various languages of the 25 documents the commission has published since 1969. Although these documents do not carry any official weight, since they are merely... Read more
The issue of ordaining women as deacons popped up on John Allen’s radar screen today. From NCR: Today’s Vatican news bulletin announced that the web site of the International Theological Commission, the principal advisory body to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been “renewed, reorganized and updated,” principally by providing versions in various languages of the 25 documents the commission has published since 1969. Although these documents do not carry any official weight, since they are merely... Read more
At 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, while riding the subway, it hit me: the words of Paul’s letter — “we walk by faith, not by sight” — could apply to the story of Nik Wallenda. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I wanted to preach about this. I got home, clicked on the computer, and set to work. I scrapped my old homily and cobbled together a new one to deliver at the 5 p.m. vigil... Read more
[Click here for the readings] This year, as we celebrate our parish centennial, we’ve been marking key dates – the day of the groundbreaking, the day of the first census and so on. We’ve been big on anniversaries, commemorating our beginnings. Well, here’s another anniversary, coming up later this summer. It goes back further than a hundred years. It isn’t directly tied to this parish – but it does have a connection to every one of us here this morning. ... Read more
At 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, while riding the subway, it hit me: the words of Paul’s letter — “we walk by faith, not by sight” — could apply to the story of Nik Wallenda. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I wanted to preach about this. I got home, clicked on the computer, and set to work. I scrapped my old homily and cobbled together a new one to deliver at the 5 p.m. vigil... Read more
And Happy Father’s Day, too! Nik Wallenda embraces his father Terry after his incredible walk. Photo by Marcus Yam/New York Times. Read more
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