Wednesday, April 2, 2014

The good and the bad of first confession

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Yes, it's that time of year again. Every year during Lent these feelings rise in me about the invasiveness and inappropriateness of ch...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Songstories 29 - "Faithful Cross" (OCP, 2011, music by Tom Kendzia)

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Faithful Cross page , at ocp.org Tom and I near Watch Hill, RI, in 2012 Someone asked me to write a little about this song, and it see...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Preaching Lent on St. Patrick's day

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Click here to see the readings that are chosen for the second Monday in Lent. This year, the second Monday in Lent also happened to be ...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

John 9:9 and the co-creation of light

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Mary : I mean, we're just people. We're just human beings. You think you're God!
 Isaac : I gotta model myself after someone.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Presider Silencer: The Musical Gospel according to Mark (Karney)

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21. The priest joins with the congregation in singing the acclamations, chants, hymns, 
and songs of the Liturgy. However, the priest does ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Scrutinies - the mystery of sin and grace

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Scrutiny at St James Cathedral, Seattle If you (or I) are looking for some thoughts about the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent, ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Diversity as true orthodoxy (Wednesday of the 3rd Wk of Lent)

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Readings for the Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent. The daily mass readings for today set off these thoughts inside me. As I have mentio...