2016-09-30T16:03:03-04:00

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Today, the Boston Globe offers a glimpse inside the Anglican ordinariate.  Details:  Before Mass on a recent Sunday, the Rev. Jurgen Liias stood in a cramped sacristy of a Catholic church with an acolyte and cantor and began a call-and-response prayer of preparation. Incense smoldered. The men thumped their chests in a gesture of contrition. The elaborate ritual would seem unusual to most Catholic priests, who pray silently before Mass as they don their vestments, or quietly focus on the... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:03-04:00

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A priest reader sent this my way and he said he found it “sobering.” I find it devastating. The music: Procession (The Trisagion) by St. Symeon Orthodox Church Trio “Antiphony” from the album Their Souls Shall Dwell With the Blessed: A Service For Those Who Have Fallen Asleep. Pray for Egypt. Read more

2015-05-13T07:45:42-04:00

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  One of the Redemptorist priests I met last week on retreat was Fr. John McKenna. He was excited to share with me the news that a friend of his from a previous parish was about to be ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Wilmington. (The deacon is Jim Mueller—one of nine men ordained Saturday.) Over the weekend, Fr. John sent me a copy of a letter he wrote to Deacon Jim. Reading it over, I couldn’t help but... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:03-04:00

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Deacons, too, of course! This gives new meaning to the idea of “exercising your ministry.” Check out this piece from Chaz Muth at Catholic News Service:  On a recent hot summer evening, a group of lacrosse players gathered around a fellow athlete on the Gonzaga College High School field before the start of their game. The 35-year-old man with perspiration beading on his forehead was more than just another player leading them in a prayer. He was a priest. When... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:03-04:00

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Photo: Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Details, from the Lewiston-Auborn Sun Journal:  Few prayers remain for St. Louis Catholic Church. The neo-Gothic landmark still sits just as it did when its last congregation gathered there in April. Stacks of spring fliers now gather dust on a table near the broad front doors facing Third Street. The grand nave — with its columns, arched ceiling and finely detailed stained glass — awaits a congregation and a priest’s message. The church, however, may soon... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:04-04:00

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Advice from a man whose 16-year marriage just ended:   There’s something about my divorce being finalized this week that gives me perspective of things I wish I would have done different… After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 16 years, here’s the advice I wish I would have had 1. Never stop courting. Never stop dating. NEVER EVER take that woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to be that man... Read more

2013-08-25T09:33:56-04:00

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A UK court has ruled that it would be lawful to withhold some medical treatments from the severely ill ten-month-old son of developmentally disabled parents, even the baby dies after those treatments are withheld. The baby’s name is Jake, and it’s a heartwrenching story. But is it a story about euthanasia? Read the rest at the Register.     Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:04-04:00

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From Pope Francis today: Jesus tells us that there is a gate that allows us to enter into God’s family, into the warmth of the house of God, of communion with Him. This gate is Jesus himself (cf. Jn 10:9). He is the gate. He is the gateway to salvation. He leads us to the Father. And the gate that is Jesus is never closed, this gate is never closed, it is always open and open to everyone, without distinction,... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:04-04:00

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“In Catholic belief, all human life, no matter how wounded, flawed, young or old, is sacred because it comes from God.  And we have an obligation to defend it.  The dignity of a human life and its right to exist are guaranteed by God.  Catholic teaching on abortion and sexuality is part of the same integral vision of the human person that fuels Catholic teaching on immigration, economic justice, racism, war and peace. In the American tradition, people have a right to... Read more

2016-09-30T16:03:04-04:00

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The rock star went cold turkey from sex a few years back and realized it gave her a lot more free time:  Courtney Love has never been shy about, well, anything, so it comes as no surprise that in her latest Vanity Fair interview, the former Hole frontwoman found a way to interject her sexlife into the conversation. More accurately, the lack thereof. Love was asked about her clothing collection, overall fashion sense and whether she’d design clothes for herself, and... Read more

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