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2014-04-27T20:13:38-05:00

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The Kilvert Connection

Last updated on: April 27, 2014 at 8:13 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

One of the things that drew me to England was the great literary heritage. I was drawn by the life and witness of the poet George Herbert and dreamed of being an English country parson. It did happen in the end. I lived for five idyllic years in an English village on the Isle of Wight, and was prepared to move even further into the backwoods of Wales or Hereford or Somerset or some such place except that the quaint... Read more

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2014-04-21T23:06:04-05:00

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Denise Longenecker Inge

Last updated on: April 21, 2014 at 11:06 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Yesterday I wept bitterly at the news that my little sister Denise had died. Just about a year ago we got news that her body had been attacked by a horrible sarcoma. The cancer was in her abdomen. They couldn’t operate or offer radiotherapy. Denise went through chemotherapy–so much that they couldn’t give her any more, and through it she joked about the hair loss and weight loss. She raged against the cancer and did not want to die, but... Read more

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2014-04-19T10:43:43-05:00

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Death Be Not Proud

Last updated on: April 19, 2014 at 10:43 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee, 5 Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee doe goe, Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie. Thou art slave to... Read more

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2014-04-18T08:37:45-05:00

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Jesus Died to Save You – What Does THAT Mean???

Last updated on: April 18, 2014 at 8:37 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

You see the signs beside the highway blazoned “Jesus Saves”. You hear the religious slogans from Catholics and Protestants, “Jesus died to save you from your sins.” or “Jesus blood was shed to wash away your sins.” I’m sympathetic when I hear modern secularists say with frustration, “What on earth does that mean??!! How can the death of a criminal two thousand years ago cleanse away my ‘sins’?” They shake their heads and say, “But I just don’t get it. What... Read more

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2014-12-27T10:41:57-05:00

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The Problem With Washing Women’s Feet

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 10:41 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Last year on Holy Thursday Pope Francis visited a prison and famously washed the feet of a Muslim girl. Traditionalists were tut tutting that he had broken a church rule. The rubric for the liturgy for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper stipulates that men are to be chosen for the foot washing. The arguments went back and forth: “Men are to be chosen because they represent the twelve apostles. This is the thin edge of the wedge. If this... Read more

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2014-04-17T06:12:53-05:00

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On Jesus’ Falling and Failing

Last updated on: April 17, 2014 at 6:12 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

For Holy Week here is my latest article for National Catholic Register on the deeper meanings of Jesus falling three times on the Way of the Cross. There is an old saying that it does not matter how often you fall — it matters how often you get up. I’m reminded of our failing and falling whenever I walk through the Stations of the Cross, for in the pattern of his passion, Jesus falls three times on his way up... Read more

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2014-04-08T09:07:45-05:00

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Read, Mark and Learn – Day 25

Last updated on: April 8, 2014 at 9:07 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

One of the best things about reading a gospel through from beginning to end is that we can see the stories we are so familiar with in their context. We can see how they relate to the other stories and therefore what the big teaching points are. This week is the end of the Lent Blobble Study. As we enter Holy Week please draw close to the Lord by continuing to read to the end of the gospel. Marriage and... Read more

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2014-04-07T10:28:11-05:00

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Read, Mark and Learn – Day 24

Last updated on: April 7, 2014 at 10:28 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Lent has zoomed by! This is the last week of the Blobble Study. I will be too busy during Holy Week to continue. I hope you enjoyed what we have done. It looks like we will not get all the way through the Gospel of Mark, but I encourage you to continue reading through Holy Week as Mark takes us through the passion narrative. Another Exorcist. 8John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and... Read more

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2014-04-06T11:51:46-05:00

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Satan Stinks

Last updated on: April 6, 2014 at 11:51 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

When I prepare for a homily I often ask the Spirit to make one word or phrase jump off the page for me. This week in the gospel of the raising of Lazarus the word was “stench”. Lazarus’ body was in the grave for four days and when Jesus asked for the tomb to be opened Martha said, “He’s been dead four days. There is a stench.” Not only does death stink. Sin stinks. Sometimes we have to spend our... Read more

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2014-04-06T08:59:06-05:00

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Progressive = Passive Aggressive

Last updated on: April 6, 2014 at 8:59 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

The furore over a Dominican nun’s lecture at a Catholic High School in Charlotte, North Carolina reported here and the resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich here shows the passive aggressive sickness of the progressive movement. Leaving the issue of homosexuality and same sex marriage on one side, consider the way these protests have been carried out. First there is the passive sentimentalism displayed. Emotions were high and were used to beat up sister and those who dared to support her. People... Read more

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