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Another good reason to skip dessert
By
jmcgee
A tasty treat from the Arizona State Fair. Yum. How long did it take them to think up that name?
Meet New York’s subway preachers
By
jmcgee
They are an exotic, quirky breed. Now the New York Times offers this look at some of them: The graffiti has been replaced by advertising. The tokens have been replaced by MetroCards. But the subway preachers are a constant. They were there before I was born and will likely be there after I die —…
“How he wished to go”: priest dies while celebrating mass
By
jmcgee
From the AP in Florida: A Catholic priest reportedly died during morning Mass at a church near Tampa. The website for the St. Stephen Catholic Church in Valrico says Monsignor John Scully died Friday while consecrating a holy ceremony. Scully had been a priest for 62 years. A cause of death was not immediately released.…
Homily for October 24, 2010: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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jmcgee
Several years ago a friend of mine named Heather King published a powerful book called “Parched.” It is the story of her life as an alcoholic, and her long road to recovery. Heather lived much of her youth thirsting for the next drink – feeling parched – and the book is a riveting, sometimes harrowing…
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