Can You Hear Me Now?
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday and the gospel contains the line…”My sheep hear my voice, I know them and they know me.” Many people have chosen to take the time…
Latin Mass Crowd Ousts Cardinal
CNS provides us with a story that allows us to see that while our church is quite diverse in terms of liturgical preferences (e.g. Latin mass vs. post-Vatican II liturgy),…
“The Coolest People in the World Might be Nuns”
So says, Nicholas Kristoff, in the NY Times the other day. I don’t agree with everything he says in his column here but this snip touched my Nun-loving heart: There’s…
This Should Have Happened a Month Ago in Ireland
After visiting abuse victims in Malta Pope Benedict made an rare public statement–which the NY Times reports Pope Benedict XVI pledged Wednesday that the Catholic Church would take action to…
Bless Me Father…Now Please Don’t Blab
From today’s Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel: A priest may face excommunication for breaking the seal of confession. A snip: Archbishop Jerome Listecki relieved Father David Verhasselt of his duties as pastor at…
Texting: Same is Probably True of College Students
Deacon Greg and Reuters point us today to a study on texting: A third of U.S. teenagers with cell phones send more than 100 texts a day as texting has…
Eight Years of Marriage…and Much More
Today is Marion and I’s 8th wedding anniversary. So I thought I’d share some memories of our wedding day. First of all, we planned the wedding ceremony, after all a…
The Pope’s Unanswered Questions
While Pope Benedict’s trip to Malta was widely considered a good one and he should get much praise for meeting with people who had been abused, the Vatican once again…
Caught in Jesus’ Net
You can’t be something that you’re not. It sounds like an easy platitude to follow–be yourself. But quite often we choose to be something other than who we really are.…
Do You Love Me?
As Jesus asks Simon if he loves him in our gospel this week, I couldn’t help but be reminded of this touching scene from Fiddler on the Roof. Take a…