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Christianity and Judaism

There is a similarity between Jews and Catholics that strikes me. Of course, there is much shared between Christianity and Judaism, proper, but I mean specifically with regard to the way a non-practicing Jew, for example, will say he is Jewish because of his distant ancestral connection to Israel.

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Where Are You Going?

When my cousin Paul was just 3 years old or so, he and his mother were making their way to their parish church, Our Lady of Grace in Babylon. I was with them. I was 9 or so. For the entire car ride, he was asking for gum. Actually, he was demanding gum. “Gum! Gum! I want gum!”

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A Case for the Latin Mass

You may have heard of the Holy Father’s efforts to limit the celebration of the Latin Mass, more properly referred to as the Extraordinary Form, the style of Holy Mass that was common and universal from the 1500’s to 1962.

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Same God?

How many times have you heard something like the question, “Do you believe in the God of the Old Testament, or the God of the New Testament?” Of course, we know it is the same God, but some people say that God is “nicer” in the New Testament than in the Old.

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Homily Flight Plan

My father was an air traffic controller. Sadly, after returning from the Vietnam War, he was let go by Regan in 1981 in response to the PATCO strikes. He went back to school to become a math teacher, but his heart never left the tower. To this day, I ask him to share about those years just to see his excitement.

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Our Efforts Alone

Father Lachlan and I are going to see The Milk Carton Kids in Tennessee this February, visiting his family while we’re down there. I’ve mentioned them to you in the past. They’re my favorite folk harmony duo. Check them out. I bet you’d like them. They’re not popular, but their music appeals to lots of people, young and old.

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A Global Mindset

You know how we say sometimes that we belong to the first generation of people to live with a “global mindset,” with an open mindedness toward the possibility of a life shared with peoples of other nations. We hear it often actually. But we are not the first.

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The Process of Maturing

It seems natural to me that we detach from our parents as we grow into adulthood. It seems to me that God designed the human person to do just that. It also seems that the process of maturing is taking longer these days. Nor does it enjoy the success it once did.

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