Ramblings on the Missa sine Populo
When the flies buzzing around the altar start committing suicide in the candle flames…
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Rambling on NCR priests
For both, primary sources and scholarly journals are nostalgic memories of seminary days.
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“These are words you won’t see as an episcopal motto any time soon.”
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[WARNING: Very little humor here] “Silence is not a virtue when charity calls for speech.” (St. Poemen, c. 400) Besides a provocative title, let’s set some ground rules: 1) celibacy is celibacy; whether gay or straight is a moot point. 2) Celibacy is much more than not being married, to state otherwise neglects our theology […]
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Mark you calendars–September 9 is “International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day.”
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The wrath of a bishop going through a canonical process is like herpes; it always comes back.
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All right, how do you know you have a vocation to the priesthood? Many young men think of St. Paul being knocked off the horse and a blazing light from heaven announcing their sacerdotal calling; but it is rarely, if ever like that. So I propose some indicators that might reveal that the Lord is […]
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