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Earlier this year, at Easter time, a giant chocolate Jesus sculpture debuted in New York. Now it’s back, to scare up some more attention near Halloween: “My Sweet Lord,” an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery,…

Maybe it was the post about Ricky Nelson that got me into a musical mood, but the little exercise in composition and singing at this link just made me smile. Try it, and enjoy. I dare you not to grin.

This story from CNS is such a jaw-dropper, I’ll let it speak for itself: So what’s a nice, mild-mannered, 72-year-old Dominican priest doing collecting thousands of dollars in royalty checks for a rock ‘n’ roll classic that he co-wrote in the 1950s — a song eventually made famous by Ricky Nelson and one that has…

A few people have asked me how my retreat went last weekend. Very well, thank you. It was probably the most restful 48 hours I’ve had since ordination — and the first time I’ve had two consecutive days off since then, too. For the uninitiated: deacons are almost genetically pre-disposed to overwork; we have a…
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