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Homily for February 21, 2010: 1st Sunday of Lent
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jmcgee
Lent is a time of penitence and confession. So today, I want to begin with a confession: I love “Undercover Boss.” This reality show debuted on CBS right after the Super Bowl. The premise is surprisingly simple: the CEO of a Fortune 500 company agrees to spend one week living and working as an entry-level…
Homily for February 17, 2010: Ash Wednesday
By
jmcgee
Last year, the writer Mary Karr published a beautiful memoir of her life, and her conversion to Catholicism. Some have actually compared it to the “Confessions” of St. Augustine. The book is called “Lit.” The title refers to literature, but also to the idea of carrying within you a kind of light, of being “lit.”…
Homily for February 14, 2010: World Marriage Day
By
jmcgee
We’ve all been digging out of the storm that we got this week, and I think most of us are grateful that we didn’t get socked with snow the way they did down in Washington. Call it “Snowmageddon” or “Snowpacalype,” it was a storm for the record books. It’s one that people will be talking…
Homily for February 7, 2010: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
By
jmcgee
We have been hearing so many stories of suffering and heartbreak in Haiti. But I wanted to share with you today another story about Haiti – and one that I think helps to illuminate the gospel we just heard. It is the story of Fr. Rick Frechette. And his story actually begins here, in Queens.…
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