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Catholic mother gives new meaning to being “pro-choice”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A Catholic mother is making news this week out on Long Island, for refusing to have her son vaccinated. A deacon friend and classmate sent this my way, and it’s an eye-opener. From Newsday: A Bayport mother has asked the Bayport-Blue Point Board of Education to allow her son to enter the sixth grade without…
Yahweh? No way.
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The Vatican has decided to crack down on one seemingly inoffensive word that crops up in some popular hymns — and it could soon change what we hear at mass. From CNS: In the not-too-distant future, songs such as “You Are Near,” “I Will Bless Yahweh” and “Rise, O Yahweh” will no longer be part…
One more reason I love penguins
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
It’s Opus. While The Anchoress is leading her little retreat, here’s another happy reminder of why we all need to take a breath — and take a break. God bless Opus. Dare I say…Opus Dei?
Meanwhile, over at The Anchoress…
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
…her online retreat is going gangbusters, and she’s just posted a heart-stirring meditation on energy: There are things seen, and unseen. Energy is seen and unseen, and all around us. God is all around us, too – seen amongst us in each other, and unseen, too. Our state of being – our mindset, our peace,…
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