Hope’s Season
The word “Hope” has taken on many different meanings for me this Advent. Throughout the season we wait in hope for a savior and the savior surprises us, not because…
Advent is Here and BustedHalo® wants to know…
What Are You Waiting For? The BustedHalo® Daily Jolt Advent Calendar has arrived and is chock full of great advent quotes surrounding the theme of waiting. The reality for most…
Counting Your Blessings?
I want to scream every time someone uses the terms “we’ve been blessed” or suggests that one “counts their blessings.” Often this leads people into believing that God favors one…
Light Blogging is Very Possible This Week
Tending to some matters of family importance over the next few days until the day of the Turkey. So blogging indeed may be lighter than usual. Apologies. It must take…
Ignatius and the World
I’ve been thinking much about how strange it must have been to be an early follower of St. Ignatius. Being a “contemplative” engaged with the needs of the world was…
This Advent be the Cross in the Classroom (and elsewhere)
Msgr. J. Patrick Keleher – “Fr. Pat” to those of us at the University of Buffalo had a great line in his homily referring to those of us who are…
Word of the Year: Unfriend
Fran pointed me to this on Facebook: “Unfriend” has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a…
I Sense Hayes’ Influence…
The Bishop of Buffalo Bishop Kmiec is now blogging on the Buffalo diocesan Web site. The office of communication tells us that “several other diocesan staffers are also blogging: Youth…
Wii Gather Together As Church
Too funny not to post: An extremely grateful doff of the cap to Eunice Park for putting this out on facebook. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Cardinal George: “is it Catholic?”
David Gibson muses at Politics Daily about the recent decision of USCCB head Cardinal George’s setting up of committees to determine if voices in education, media and lay groups represent…