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April 2010

April 24, 2010

Because He Works Through Us

Today we have another reflection from our guest Julie Cragon of Nashville, Tennessee. It is...

April 23, 2010

To Recapture the Faith of My Youth

The joint was jumping as I entered the Cathedral of the Holy Cross last Saturday,...

April 23, 2010

For All the Saints: George

I live in a time and a country where many Christians take their faith for...

April 21, 2010

John Milton, “On His Blindness” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

At the Boston Catholic Men's Conference on Saturday, 1,000 men seated in the Cathedral of...

April 20, 2010

To Sing My Part

Our oldest son told me once: "Mom, life is not an opera." Oh, I don't...

April 19, 2010

Gettin’ Twangy, Sister (Music for Mondays)

Frank and I have so much fun with this regular feature we might have to...

April 19, 2010

For Practical Advice Like This from Benedict Baur

Webster was kind enough earlier this year to send me a gem of a book...

April 18, 2010

Because of Bishops Like This II (A Letter to Parishioners)

A few days ago I shared a post about an allegation of sexual abuse that...

April 18, 2010

Thanks to the Support of Other Catholic Men

I spent Saturday morning at the Boston Catholic Men's Conference in the Cathedral of the...

April 17, 2010

To Find Christ in the Grid

I seldom travel on business but Wednesday I did, a one-day round trip to Nashville....

April 16, 2010

Because of Bishops Like This

Yesterday in my hometown, the Bishop held a press conference. There was an allegation of...

April 16, 2010

Because We Could All Use a Little Mercy Now

I was in Nashville Wednesday, but I did not stop by the Grand Old Opry,...

April 15, 2010

An Interview with President George Washington on the Scandal

I've seen some weird stuff recently regarding the current scandal embroiling our beloved Church. This...

April 15, 2010

Because of the Answer to Question 108 of the Baltimore Catechism

Sometimes, my faith lets me roll with what life presents to me. At my college...

April 14, 2010

Thanks to Walt Whitman (A Few Words for Wednesday)

My sojourn in the wilderness lasted forty years, from 1967, when I left the Episcopal...

April 13, 2010

Because We Need to Believe in Goodness

Today my heart is heavy. I was daunted to discover over the weekend what happens...

April 12, 2010

To Be an Old Man Who Goes to Mass Every Day

I'll be 59 this summer, the last age at which I reasonably can say that...

April 10, 2010

Because of Ferrell, My Guardian Angel

I "met" Julie Cragon a few weeks ago when I stumbled onto her blog, Hand...

April 08, 2010

To Suffer with the Church, with Christ

I used to think how lucky I was not to have been a Catholic early...

April 08, 2010

Because Worshiping God is Important, Even If It Takes an Electronic Sign

Sometimes, I think of Catholics as a billion introverts. We Catholics are not known for...

April 07, 2010

“Pied Beauty” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I'm not sure. This might have been the first poem I ever loved. And it...

April 06, 2010

Because of the Ripples

My daughter Marian was received into the Catholic Church at Saturday's Easter Vigil. I have...

April 05, 2010

For All the Saints: Isidore of Seville

Not until I read Julie Cragon's blog Hand Me Down Heaven Sunday afternoon did I...

April 05, 2010

Because of the Litany of the Saints

At the Great Vigil of Easter this year, I teared up during the Litany of...

April 05, 2010

Easter Chants and the Gloria is Back! (Music for Mondays)

Though it says "Posted by Webster," this post was written by Frank. We're having technical...

April 04, 2010

Because of the Thurifers

You might have noticed during the three days of the Easter Triduum, the fragrance of...

April 03, 2010

Because Death Catches Up to All of Us, Even Thomas Alva Edison

Before Thomas Alva Edison graced the world with his gifts, the only way to record...

April 02, 2010

For Your Good Friday Night at the Movies

We are safely back on the ground. We picked up a nice tailwind after we...

April 02, 2010

Because this Prophecy of David Is Fulfilled

The Psalms were a book in the Bible that I pretty much ignored my whole...

April 02, 2010

Because I Am Usually Howling with the Mob

During these terrible days, when so many are saying so much so loudly against and...