Category: Church
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when the sun rises
“When the sun rises in the morning sky, you will see the King of kings coming forth from the Father like a radiant bridegroom from the bridal chamber.” Gospel Antiphon from EP 1 of Christmas I just made my way back home after Midnight Mass and the customary IHOP breakfast. With the new pastor and…
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proclamation of the birth of christ
The Roman Martyrology for Christmas has a formal annoucement of the birth of Christ. The annoucement, as follows, can be found in the Sacramentary Supplement: Today, the twenty-fifth day of December, unknown ages from the time when God created the heavens and the earth and then formed man and woman in his own image. Several…
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national radio debut
Last night, I made my national radio debut on Sirius’ The Catholic Channel– Channel 159 on your Sirius Satellite Radio- during Paulist Father Dave Dwyer’s Busted Halo nightly broadcast. This is the sister program to the BustedHalo podcast. It was a brief segment about what was preached during the Sunday homily (to connect with Friday…
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we must find him
If Christ is to be for us a savior, we must find him here, now, and where we are, in this age of ours; otherwise, he is no Christ, no Savior, no Immanuel, no “God with us.” – (soon to be Servant of God) Fr. Isaac Thomas Hecker, founder of the Paulist Fathers
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race for the cure in central texas
This week’s newsletter from the Diocese of Austin included the following note: As a church we wholeheartedly support those who are suffering from breast cancer and other diseases. We wish we could support the “Race for a Cure,” however, it is to be noted that the Susan G. Komen Foundation in the Central Texas area…
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celibacy still the rule
The policy of priestly celibacy was not on the table during today’s meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and some of his cardinals. Today’s meeting focused on the impact of the estimated 100,000 priests worldwide who have left active ministry and married. From the news I’m seeing at this point, there isn’t much to report except…