{"id":26927,"date":"2013-10-15T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=26927"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:01:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:01:51","slug":"courage-with-humility-leads-to-true-greatness-a-superb-columbus-day-homily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/10\/courage-with-humility-leads-to-true-greatness-a-superb-columbus-day-homily\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Courage with humility leads to true greatness&#8221;: a superb Columbus Day homily"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2013\/10\/cagg.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26928\" title=\"cagg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2013\/10\/cagg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"351\"><\/a><br>\nOkay: I\u2019m biased. But is there any bishop who preaches better than this?<\/p>\n<p>This comes from Brooklyn\u2019s own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/09\/i-always-will-be-a-brooklyn-kid\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Caggiano<\/a><\/strong>, now Bishop of Bridgeport. He spoke at St. Patrick\u2019 yesterday at Mass before the Columbus Day parade. No notes. No text. Pure heart. Click the video below. 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