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Homily for September 11, 2010
By
jmcgee
We all have powerful memories of where we were nine years ago this morning. But one of my most vivid memories is from several weeks later. It was late October. That beautiful day in September seemed like a distant memory. The leaves were turning. The days were colder. If you walked across MacDonald Park, by…
Forgotten: the Muslim prayer room in the Twin Towers
By
jmcgee
While controversy continues to swirl over the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero, here’s a fact many may not be aware of: Sometime in 1999, a construction electrician received a new work assignment from his union. Sinclair Hejazi Abdus-Salaam was told to report to 2 World Trade Center, the southern of the Twin Towers. In…
Some timely gospel truth
By
jmcgee
Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden…
Report: abuse in Belgium led to suicides
By
jmcgee
This news is heartbreaking — and horrifying: Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, an independent Belgian commission said Friday. Professor Peter Adriaenssens, chairman of the commission, said the…
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