Category: Reflections
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More poverty posts online
At midnight and a few minutes ago, another couple of posts from me as part of Blog Action Day 2008 are online at Catholic Thinker.
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BXVI in NYC: Pope of the Internet
I’m drafting this message in flight on American 384, non-stop service from DFW to JFK, on my way for my Papal weekend. This morning was the public Mass at National’s Stadium in Washington, DC, yesterday included a ceremony at the White House (complete with the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Happy Birthday for the…
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BXVI in NYC: The Ticket
I picked up my ticket today from the Chancery for the Mass in Yankee Stadium. I’ll be sitting in the bleachers, section 39. I’ll be flying out of Austin on Thursday and heading back on Monday.
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Providence Governs Us
The greatest good is God: Boethius learned and now teaches us not to succumb to fatalism, which extinguishes hope. He teaches us that fate does [not] govern our lives — Providence does and Providence has a face. You can speak to Providence because Providence is God. Pope Benedict XVI spoke yesterday about the two ancient…
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Catholics Coming Home
I found a great website for those interested in returning to the Catholic Church. Catholics Coming Home is a great resource for anyone who had left the Church and is considering coming back. It encourages people to connect to a local parish and become reintegrated into the faith community. Pass it along to someone you…
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Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Churchman of the Year
Rocco, the man who can find out anything about anything within the Catholic Church has named his Churchman of the Year for 2007: His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. The story, very detailed with a word count just under 6,000, shares with all what I’ve been hearing from my friends in the Galveston-Houston…