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The Chrism Mass is usually celebrated on Holy Thursday, but can be moved to earlier in the week to allow for more people to participate in it. This is the case here in the Diocese of Burlington.
This post consists of a very informal, unorganized reaction to the Mass. I didn’t have time to organize the [...]

Fr. White discusses today’s Gospel reading, Luke 13: 31-35. Podcast includes the Gospel reading.
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Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput wrote an article for First Things, on 20 May 2008 about considering the value and sanctity of human life when voting. He wrote the article in response to the group “Roman Catholics for Obama ‘08″ using quotes from his writing to justify their position on their website. Unfortunately, they stopped [...]

…responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation…

- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
in Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
The upcoming presidential election is going to be HUGE. There are a lot of issues to think about. Neither major candidate is perfect (or even great, depending on who you ask), [...]

The following was offered in Magnificat as the daily meditation for Monday as “A Way to Avoid Hypocrisy.” It was written by Chiara Lubich (?2008), founder of the Work of Mary, widely known as the Focolare movement.
My Jesus,
you have died for me,
how can I doubt your mercy?
And if I can believe in that mercy with [...]

Updates have been very spotty this last week. Moving in and getting things set up is taking a lot of time. I hope to return to regular updates next week. In the mean time, check out one of my favorite podcasts, Daily Breakfast with Fr. Roderick.
What is a podcast?
A podcast is just like a radio [...]