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Catholic swingers
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deacon greg kandra
I’m referring, of course, to swing voters. Much has been made of how Catholics are voting this year — and now Tim Rutten has offered some intriguing secular analysis in the Los Angeles Times: Today, one in four Americans is a Roman Catholic. What makes all this particularly significant in this political year is that…
Everything’s coming up rose
By
deacon greg kandra
At countless churches around the world this Sunday, Lenten purple will give way to…pink?! No. Rose. The vestments are rose. It is Laetare Sunday, described succinctly right here: The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass, “Laetare Jerusalem” — “Rejoice, O Jerusalem”. During the first…
Homily for the funeral of Deacon Jim Hynes: March 1, 2008
By
deacon greg kandra
Do not let your hearts be troubled. I know there are many troubled hearts here this morning. Mine is one of them. I grieve with Kathleen, and James, and Teresa, and all of Jim’s family. All those who loved Jim. Our hearts are troubled. But Jim’s wouldn’t be. He understood that in the story of…
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