Prayers for the Day
Lots to pray for today: My mother has taken ill once again…and Marion’s uncle is still in the hospital as well…so please offer some prayers for a speedy recovery for…
Sunday Readings
The Readings can be found at the USCCB’s website here. Jesus Drives Out the Moneychangers from the Temple It is hard to pray when worldly things are on our mind–is…
The White House and the Vatican
John Allen at NCR gives some prudent advice so that the picture to your right of the wax figurines at Madame Tussaud’s isn’t the last picture we have of the…
Obama and the Catholic Vote
Today’s Wall Street Journal has more… I do think that the key here is younger voters who generally as a majority are not tied into the traditional church structures but…
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama
Dear Mr President-Elect, Congratulations. You have inspired many of us with your candor and energy. Your drive to the Presidency has been well-earned. You ran a great campaign and I…
Abortion and Today’s Election
I’ve been reading on various Catholic blogs that people MUST vote for McCain/Palin over Obama/Biden becauee McCain upholds Catholic teaching on abortion. Guess what? He doesn’t. John McCain does NOT…
Still Church Searching in Queens
I think we are going to settle on St Sebastians in Queens as our “parish of choice.” Although we plan to head back into Manhattan to go to Ascension parish…
Church Search
I’ve taken it upon myself (and my wife) to do some research on parishes in Queens (a borough of NYC–if you’ve been to NYC and flown into JFK or LaGuardia-you’ve…
Dean Hoge: Sociologist par excellence, RIP
Dean Hoge may not be a household name to most. but in the field of sociology of religion in indeed was a legend. Hoge died yesterday after a long battle…
A Forgiving God?
An excellent article on atonement and forgiveness has been written by Fr. Bill O’Malley who has taught at Fordham Prep for eons (no offense). Fr. O’Malley lived in my dorm…