Daily Archives: 6 August 2014

Serving At Their Own Wedding

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I just met with a remarkable engaged couple earlier today. They asked about serving at Mass in some way. Since they were both Communion Ministers as students here, I assumed that’s what they meant. I still get the occasional couple … Continue reading →

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DPPL 17: Song and Music

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Singing our spiritual life: a reality that sparks much heat, and even a little light now and then. Revised or new music might be needed: 17. Song, a natural expression of the soul of any nation, plays an important role … Continue reading →

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Lessons In Petulance

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A diocese promises $1000 for two appliances for a Catholic Worker house. Then reneges. But then almost ten times the amount flows in from people who seemed to be outraged by the decision. House founder Mary Ellen Mitchell: I think … Continue reading →

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Before the Big Bang, There Was a Cosmic Egg

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The twentieth-century Belgian priest and physicist lends his name to the European supply ship for the International Space Station. He should be more famous, as he developed many of the explanations that describe the expanding universe. Msgr. Lemaitre’s calculations suggested that … Continue reading →

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EG 272: Loving Others

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To whom can we turn to give witness to the power of love? Not Huey Lewis, but Saint John and Pope Benedict XVI: 272. Loving others is a spiritual force drawing us to union with God; indeed, one who does … Continue reading →

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