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Father Peter J. Daly: Sept. 3, 2010
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (9 reads)


I canceled my subscription to The Washington Post. Now, for the first time in my adult life, I begin my day without a printed newspaper. I canceled for four reasons: financial, environmental, ...

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Msgr. Owen F. Campion: 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (9 reads)


The Book of Wisdom provides the first reading for this weekend. As indicated by its name, this book is part of the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament. The ...

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Father John Catoir: Sept. 3, 2010
Thursday, September 02, 2010 (8 reads)


The late Dorothy Day, a 20th-century Catholic, is someone many people hope will be named a saint. Her life of service to the poor and homeless in New York City won her ...

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Father Eugene Hemrick: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (16 reads)


Some claim its damage is a thousand times more devastating than the oil spill in the Gulf. Others compare it to tobacco and alcohol addiction, saying it is much more ...

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Tony Magliano: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (16 reads)


Sixty-five years ago, the two, single most horrifying acts of war in the history of humanity were unleashed. On Aug. 6, 1945, after several months of bombing more than ...

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Coming of age: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (18 reads)


My cell phone was stolen the other day. I turned my back for five minutes to talk to a friend at a crowded event. When I turned back, it was gone. Somebody had nicked it ...

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Msgr. Owen F. Campion: 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Friday, August 20, 2010 (13 reads)


The third part of the Book of Isaiah is the source of this weekend’s first reading. It adds an important dimension to the record of God’s people and their salvation....

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Father John Dietzen: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (18 reads)


Q A few weeks ago, near our daughter’s home, we attended a church with a Communion rail, the first one I’ve seen in many years. With people receiving Communion almost all the ...

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Father John Catoir: Aug. 20, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010 (15 reads)


The late Msgr. John Tracy Ellis was in my opinion the greatest Catholic Church historian of the 20th century. In my book, “Encounters With Holiness” (Alba House), ...

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Father John Dietzen: Dec. 28, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007 (440 reads)


My friend had her first marriage annulled after meeting a widowed man who became her second husband. The second marriage was at Mass; both ...

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Kathleen T. Choi
Friday, December 15, 2006 (1412 reads)


Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." I believe the burden he speaks of is our sins. We hear sin described as taking the easy way out, but, really, sin isn’t easy at all. Sin is exhausting.
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White flower pedals fall around U.S. Cardinal Bernard F. Law as he celebrates Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major to mark the feast of the church's dedication Aug. 5 in Rome. The dropping of flower pedals from the ceiling calls to mind the tradition t hat says Mary revealed where she wanted the church to be built through a snowfall in August 358.

      

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