Adjutorium Nostrum in Nomine Domini

taught me the meaning of the word “Gentleman” – I didn’t “get it” right away but only after a time. As I grew up and moved out into the world there were times when I could recall what my Dad had done or said in similar situations. How he had behaved toward others, how they [...]

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   A debate erupted on Facebook recently when a Facebook friend who is “disgusted” by Glenn Beck’s “8/28” on the U.S. capitol’s mall and by his  “glassy eyed” followers chose to object to my endorsement of Beck’s call to return to God. While I did not attend the 8/28 event and am not a “glassy-eyed” [...]

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and Pope Benedict XVI has signaled that he evidently believes this. My sense of the truly great work the Holy Father is doing bravely but quietly and without a lot of fanfare was strengthened with the announcement that he had appointed Canada’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops –  Cardinal Ouellet will be instrumental in advising [...]

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As I listened to the words we were saying aloud at Mass I could hear a few of the women in the very small group who attend this Mass very emphatically say “God” wherever the order of the Mass used the word “Him” or “His”. They’ve been doing this for as long as I’ve made it [...]

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My two cents worth? If you want to promote some real religious tolerance then build the mosque in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,  Yemen, China, North Korea, India or Egypt but not in New York City at the site of the 9/11 massacre! The United States, despite progressive or elitist propaganda to the contrary, is the planet’s [...]

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A direct attack against the very “soul” of the Catholic Church in the United States has been mounted by the ACLU. On July 1, 2010 the ACLU sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid saying We write to inform you about potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act [...]

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Have You Forgotten The Magnificat of America America, our America! Hold to the Vision of Mary, Mary Immaculate. Her glory fills the earth, She is of our race, Its “solitary boast.” She, alone without sin, Keeps the doom of wrath from thee, who are defending Her glory. She, Conqueror of evil, Conquers evil for thee, [...]

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today I believe it is appropriate to say thank you to our Holy Father who thought to establish this year in celebration of our priests and their vocations. It may be obvious to most but not to all –  if you prayed especially for your pastor and other priests and for new vocations during this [...]

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While some  criticize the Holy Father for the sexual abuse scandal (and I must admit I won’t give even Pope Benedict XVI a complete “pass”) he has consistently given evidence that the patience of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church has worn thin. This past weekend, in his homily to priests at a Mass [...]

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Today, Hearst News Service officially confirmed that Helen Thomas, their White House correspondent, is “retiring”. Ms. Thomas, though a respected journalist for decades, managed to bring her reputation crashing down around her ears when she responded to a request for “any comments on Israel”. Helen responded “Tell ‘em to get the hell out of Palestine”. When asked where [...]

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