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2016-02-16T20:12:17-05:00

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Catholics, Evangelicals and Politics in Greenville

Last updated on: February 16, 2016 at 8:12 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Embed from Getty Images Like the Nazgul descending on Middle Earth, the six remaining Republican candidates are here in the state of South Carolina. Yesterday some of them were at a Family Forum at my alma mater Bob Jones University–just down the road from our home. Tonight their debate comes from the Peace Center–our downtown performing arts venue.This analysis is pretty sharp about the state of the race in this Southern state with good comment here about the effect of... Read more

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2016-02-12T10:38:43-05:00

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Lent Series from the Suburban Hermit

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 10:38 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Follow my daily (I hope) short readings from Thomas Merton’s The Living Bread over at my Suburban Hermit blog The short reading from Merton’s book will be followed by a few of my thoughts on his work. Go here to read today’s entry. A second post at Suburban Hermit asks What is True Contrition? Read more

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2017-10-06T12:40:28-05:00

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Should Pope Francis Celebrate the Reformation?

Last updated on: October 6, 2017 at 12:40 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Embed from Getty Images My latest article for CRUX asks what Pope Francis is doing by planning to go to Sweden in the Fall to commemorate the Reformation Pope Francis has built bridges with Protestants in remarkable ways. His personal friendship with the late Anglican-style bishop Tony Palmer, and his video greeting to American pentecostal preachers followed by a personal meeting, raised eyebrows among many Catholics and raised a cry of dismay among the most vocal of conservative Catholics. Pope Francis’... Read more

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2016-02-11T17:53:16-05:00

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Lenten Thoughts from The Suburban Hermit

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 5:53 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

What do you really want? Today’s Lent post at the Suburban Hermit makes you think… My brother in law is an artist and a wise man. He is fond of saying, “Every person, everywhere will always do whatever they can to get as close as they can to what they perceive as love.” During the Lenten season do you see yourself and other people chasing all sorts of things that you know and they know will not ultimately satisfy? We... Read more

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2016-02-16T20:29:11-05:00

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Take Up Your Cupcake and Follow Me?

Last updated on: February 16, 2016 at 8:29 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

In today’s gospel Jesus says we must take up our cross and follow him. The Anglican Church–ever on the lookout for a new way to be trendy, relevant and cool has suggested that we take up our cupcake instead. Across the water Fr Ed Tomlinson reports that the Anglican Diocese of Leicester distributed cupcakes to people on Ash Wednesday instead of ashes. I thought this was a silly rumor, but it seems to be true. The Diocesan website gushes about... Read more

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2016-02-11T13:07:09-05:00

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Why Are Young People Cheering for Socialism?

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 1:07 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Embed from Getty Images Winston Churchill said something like, “If a man is not a socialist in his twenties he is a scoundrel. If he is still a socialist in his fifties he is mad.” He was acknowledging the attractive idealism of the young. He was also acknowledging its impracticality. So often I heard, “All these people who want socialism…They’re just looking for more free stuff.” Well, maybe. But maybe not. In fact what many of them are looking for is something... Read more

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2016-02-10T12:53:15-05:00

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Bad Catholics? Fuhgeddaboudit

Last updated on: February 10, 2016 at 12:53 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

What do you say when presented with the bad example of bad Catholics? My latest blog post for National Catholic Register thinks about it. Father,” said the middle aged man, “When I was ten years old I was a faithful altar server and I turned up one day to serve wearing sneakers and the priest told me I couldn’t serve because I was wearing the wrong shoes.” Then with an air of indignant self righteousness he declared, “And I’ve never... Read more

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2016-02-10T11:08:29-05:00

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Lent, Fasting and the Purpose of Prayer

Last updated on: February 10, 2016 at 11:08 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

My latest article for National Catholic Register explains why we fast and how our prayer connects with the will of God. It is posted today here. In the fourth century, Anthony of the Desert and his fellow hermits retreated into the wilderness to live in caves. They practiced vegetarianism, extreme fasting and mortification of the flesh. In Syria, the desert monks were even more extreme. St. Simeon Stylites first imprisoned himself in a tiny space, locked himself in a hut... Read more

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2016-02-10T07:53:32-05:00

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Eliot’s Ash Wednesday

Last updated on: February 10, 2016 at 7:53 am By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

T.S.Eliot was baptized in 1927 and turned away from a life in the wasteland of modern atheism, decadence and despair His new found Christian faith inspired his great poem of repentance–Ash Wednesday. Go here to read the poem, and even better, click on the window on the top right to listen to Eliot himself reading the poem. The poem, like most of Eliot’s work, is not easy. The way to read it is not to worry too much about the... Read more

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2016-02-09T12:49:09-05:00

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That Divine Mercy Movie and Me

Last updated on: February 9, 2016 at 12:49 pm By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

It seems that Jim Gaffigan, Harry Connick Jr. and a host of other stars get to be in the same movie with me. Wow! Lucky them! Seriously. I had no idea when I was asked to do a short comment on the Divine Mercy for a new film that it would be featuring some big names and be released in movie theaters. Pretty cool! I’m getting right up there like the time I had dinner with Mel Gibson… Not to... Read more

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