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The middle of last week, I exchanged e-mails with a friend of mine who has what must be the worst job in America. He works for Lehman Brothers. I hadn’t heard from him in several weeks, and given the news of the last several days, I wanted to find out how he was doing. He…

September 15th marks the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, and it is traditionally when we celebrate the feast day of my parish, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. On Sunday, the day before that feast, we’ll have a special concelebrated mass dedicated to the Queen of Martyrs. And I’ll be preaching the homily, below. This…

This past week, when a lot of the world was fixated on Sarah Palin’s daughter, and the problem of teen pregnancy, there was news about one baby that didn’t get much attention. It should have. The AP reported the story of a little baby named Solomon, an Ethiopian child who was left by his mother…

You really have to feel for St. Peter. A couple weeks ago, we encountered him climbing out of a boat during a storm, trying to walk on water. He floundered, and Jesus had to rescue him. Then, last week, he ended up with a job he never sought. Jesus gave him the keys to the…
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