How long should a good homily be That question is often discussed A related question–but one that is not often addressed–is how long goes a homily have to be In other words how short is too short I got to thinking about this question this weekend while visiting a parish in Massachusetts The
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Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
This Sunday s first reading is woven explicitly into the Gospel a writer s move recently named intertextuality The practice is ancient though often the intertexts are less clear and more difficult to spot Today we have Isaiah 9 1-2 invited by Matthew into the Gospel at the place now ca
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The Sunshine State Becomes the Sunset State
The Republican presidential race turns to Florida s winner-take-all primary one week from today For at least one presidential candidate Florida will be the end of the road the setting of the sun on his presidential ambitions The most likely loser will be Rudy Giuliani He has been out of the
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Barack’s Challenge
Barack Obama has a problem He has based his campaign on moving past the stale arguments of the past 20 years when the Bush Clinton families have taken turns in the White House America s late Roman empire problem But last week the campaign harkened back to an even earlier time the iden
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The Light of Hope
Why did Peter and Andrew James and John follow Jesus According to Matthews narrative and Marks these four fishermen had no prior knowledge of Jesus While they were at work in Capernaum one day Jesus came along and said Follow me and they did Answering Jesus call meant leaving behind their
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A Christian Essential
Hope is essential to human existence We have personal hopesfor good health success in our undertakings and happiness in our lives We have communal hopesfor seasonable and tranquil weather peace among nations and progress in human welfare justice education medicine and so on Some hopes may b
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Boston’s Labor Priest: Remembering Edward F. Boyle
Last November, leaders in Bostons labor-management community gathered for the annual Cushing-Gavin Awards dinner. The neutral award went to Edward Boyle, S.J., a priest who for the past 37 years served as executive secretary of the archdioceses 1,200-member Labor Guild. Boyle died of cancer on Nov.
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Letters
Faithful Citizens “A Future Without Parish Schools,” by Terry Golway, (12/10) raises a crucially important issue for the future of catechesis in the Catholic Church in the United States. Catholic parish schools have been an extremely important factor in providing for the catechesis of Ca
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From the Pen of Alfred Delp
Here I am at the parting of the ways and I must take the other road after all. The death sentence has been passed and the atmosphere is so charged with enmity and hatred that no appeal has any hope of succeeding. So the whole proceedings turned into a sort of comedy developing a theme. It was not ju