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Welcome home
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deacon greg kandra
For your Christmas enjoyment: a wonderful kind of homecoming, courtesy The Dish.
Homily for December 25, 2008: Christmas Midnight Mass
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deacon greg kandra
A few years ago, I caught an episode of the cable TV show “Inside The Actor’s Studio,” with James Lipton. If you’ve seen it, you know the basic idea: Lipton invites celebrities – famous actors, writers and directors – to talk about their careers and how they do what they do. And he always ends…
“In those days, a decree went out…”
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deacon greg kandra
Those who will be crowding into Midnight Mass tonight will hear, once again, the glorious nativity story as told by Luke. (In my homily for tonight, I call it “the greatest beginning of the greatest story every told.”) For a preview, check out The Anchoress’s podcast of that wonderful narrative. It’s a great mood-setter and…
Claus encounters of the worst kind
By
deacon greg kandra
This snapshot comes to us from a mall in Oklahoma City, via the AP. Meantime, it seems that Santa is coming under attack from some surprising corners — the clergy.
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