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Daily Archives: 12 September 2006
Number for a Name
Pluto suffers further indignity. Not only has it been stripped of planethood, it now has been assigned an asteroid number. At the beginning of 2006, it was orbiting with the big dogs. Today, the ice ball is known as minor … Continue reading
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Take A Part
The Star reporter described it as “part prayer meeting, part science lecture and part political rally.” Bishop Finn got half a quote: “The Rev. Robert Finn, bishop of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese, also compared the battle against the … Continue reading
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Lumen Gentium 28
Two more sections before we reach the laity. Be patient, anti-clericalists. In this section, participation in the ministry of the apostles is expanded to priests and deacons, but amazingly, no mention of curia as of yet. Christ, whom the Father … Continue reading
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Lumen Gentium 27
We keep it up on the bishop track. Has this seemed overly long to you? Let’s read that “authority and sacred power” are used only–say it together: only–for the purpose of “edification … in truth and holiness.” Bishops, as vicars … Continue reading
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Standing (Together) As Debtors Before God
Many of you, I hope, have been reading the various texts from the Pope’s visit to Bavaria. I was struck by this paragraph from his address at the Ecumenical Vespers service today in Regensburg. The “rediscovery” of which the Holy … Continue reading
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Catholic Sensibility 
Order of Satisfaction
On the drive home a few weeks ago, I caught a snippet of Fresh Air in which Episcopalian priest Barbara Brown Taylor talks of her departure from ministry. She spoke of some survey conducted which found the following order for … Continue reading →