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And you will be, after you see and hear this amazing rendition of “Ave Maria,” by Bobby Ferrin. Hat tip to New Advent for linking to it, and to Alive and Young for first posting it. It’s just wonderful. Enjoy.

Following up on my post the other day about Bobby Jindal, here’s the AP write-up on his election triumph: U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation’s youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents. Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old…

I love a good vocation story — especially when it involves a deacon. And this one, from California, is a real inspiration. Get a box of Kleenex and read on: Tom Ciccarelli’s path to becoming a deacon for the Catholic Diocese of Stockton is a tale of tragedy, romance and changed hearts, with a little…

That great Talmudic scholar, Woody Allen, once said that “90% of success is just showing up.” He probably didn’t realize it, but he could have been describing the message at the heart of this morning’s gospel. Because in the parable of the persistent widow, we are given a valuable lesson about what my grandmother might…
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