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Saturday, August 10, 2019

I never want to hear this song sung in a church again

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This spectacle took place in  Saint Peter Apostle Church in Montreal. I cannot imagine that the pastor was unaware of it. The bishop must ...

Kyrie Elieson

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Thursday, August 08, 2019

Random thoughts on a hot and humid Thursday

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Rocky has a friend who works at the DC Basilica. He says that the morale among the staff is terrible.  He was so happy when he got that jo...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

A PRAYER FOR THE REDEMPTION OF BAD PRIESTS

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D ivine Savior Jesus Christ, Thou are the Good Shepherd who gives His life for His sheep. Oh, be in a very special way the Good She...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

random thoughts on a Monday afternoon

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I grew up in a non-coffee drinking household so I never understood the lure of Starbucks. Every time I've been in one with friends I e...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Home alone is a dangerous practice

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Some people say that if you have a heretic for a priest and your parish is just poison and you have no other parish near you then you are ju...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Saint Archbishop Sheen? Not So Fast, Please.

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen's cause for canonization is underway and he is now a Venerable. Will he be canonized? Probably. Unlike  Paul VI ...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Our Lady of Good Help

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Sunday, July 07, 2019

let the hard rain fall

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When then Cardinal McCarrick announced that he was going to retire to Mater Dei seminary I was shocked. Considering all the rumors about him...
Tuesday, July 02, 2019

The Visitation

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The Visitation

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Monday, July 01, 2019

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON A MONDAY MORNING

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Our Lady of the Angels, pray for us Louie smells a rat.   I think he's right.  If you encounter a person who says, "This ...

A PRAYER FOR THE REDEMPTION OF BAD PRIESTS

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D ivine Savior Jesus Christ, Thou are the Good Shepherd who gives His life for His sheep. Oh, be in a very special way the Good She...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

So how come nobody ever punched Uncle Ted in the nose?

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I hesitate to write this because it will probably offend a lot of people but I have simply had enough of the sugar coating that has been goi...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Mass on a road trip

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Rocky's nephew graduated this weekend so we went to Mass at St. Ignatius at Chapel Point.   The parish was founded in 1641 and I think i...
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Adventures in ushering-- the modesty edtion

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Some years ago when Rocky was ushering at our old parish he asked a lady and her two daughters if they wanted to take up the unconsecrated H...

A PRAYER FOR THE REDEMPTION OF BAD PRIESTS

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D ivine Savior Jesus Christ, Thou are the Good Shepherd who gives His life for His sheep. Oh, be in a very special way the Good Shepherd ...
Friday, June 07, 2019

What's up with all the soft core porn on Catholic sites?

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I used to read a political/cultural blog by a man who raised a lot Hell back in the 60s and 70s but repented . Why did I stop reading him? B...
Thursday, June 06, 2019

Don't make your money from writing or talking about the church

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Whenever I meet a young lay person studying theology and complaining about how little they are going to make as a professor I always want to...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

The Figueiredo Report

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Hospitality workers, secretaries and personal assistant's all  see  the private side of the people they work for and I was reminded ...