St Patrick s Day–or as it s known in the Ordo the Feast of St Patrick–falls for the first time since 1940 during Holy Week Not surprisingly that means no Masses in honor of the patron saint of Ireland that is the man born Patricius in Roman Britain on March 17 A few Catholic bisho
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Showdown in Austen
As the Democratic nomination slips further and further from her grasp Hillary Clinton needs to change the dynamic in her contest with Barack Obama Tonight s debate in Austin is one of her last chances to achieve such a change And in the manner of political campaigns since time immemorial this
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McCain Vs. Obama
Both John McCain and Barack Obama took aim at each other in their respective victory speeches last night giving a preview of the general election if Obama s 10-0 run continues Both men have very different resumes and very different stances on the issues Both also have a reputation for being s
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Mistreating Animals – at a Slaughterhouse?
Cambridge MA A Lenten reflection I am surely not the only one who thought it sad ironic horrific to read this weekend about mistreatment of cows at the meat-packing plant Some line had been crossed and the normal slaughter of cows had given way to their mistreatment apparently as some a
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Walter J. Burghardt, SJ, R.I.P.
This is a long post but a few commentators have asked about the news of the death this weekend of Walter J Burghardt S J the great theologian writer and well-known preacher Here is the official obituary from the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus which does a fine job of summing
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3rd Sunday of Lent: Year A
The Exodus reading is difficult if we don t take it deep enough At the surface we have a narrative where God s people whine and God seems to withhold basics providing water only after a scene has been made Beneath the water shortage is an accusation that God s plan is to kill the people and
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“Crackdown on New Saints”
Reports on the Vatican s new 86-page document on the procedures for canonization may have left some Catholics and their non-Catholic friends scratching their heads Essentially the Congregation for the Causes of saints responding to widespread concern that the saint-making process had gotten
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The Three Desert Temptations of Jesus
To begin Lent the Church asks us to consider the three temptations that Jesus underwent in the desert according to Matthew and Luke nbsp What is important about the scene of the temptations is the answers Jesus gives to each temptation nbsp If you read again Jesus s responses to them it will
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Yes, our blog was down
In case you were wondering In All Things was in fact out of commission for several days since we were switching servers–something about as enjoyable as moving or root canal Our entire website was shut down for one day In any event Tim Reidy that s Maurice Timothy Reidy for those who
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The Psychology of Losing
There are two times when a political campaign is in most danger of making critical mistakes first when a campaign stalls threatening to go into a tailspin and second when a campaign clears a tough hurdle and its self-congratulory sentiments divert it from the next task at hand Both the Clinton