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Mel: “I’m to blame”
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deacon greg kandra
“Look. When it’s all said and done, I did a pretty good hatchet job on my marriage myself. I’m to blame. If you’re inclined to judge, put it here.” — Mel Gibson, talking last night to Jay Leno about the end of his marriage.He also confirmed that his girlfriend is pregnant.
The way we were: the ordination class of ’69 looks back
By
deacon greg kandra
With ordination season upon us, the Buffalo News decided to check in with a group of men who were ordained 40 years ago. It’s a fascinating glimpse at “the way we were” as a church — and the way we are. Take a look: It took two Buffalo cathedrals and a basilica in Lackawanna to…
Singing an American tune: a great poet from Forest Hills
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deacon greg kandra
I blame The Anchoress for this. She posted a string of great Paul Simon songs, which sent me scurrying to YouTube to find one of my all-time favorites. Here it is: a bittersweet elegy that comes from a different time, but that somehow still speaks to our own peculiar, troubled age.
“We knew, and did not know”
By
deacon greg kandra
“Amid all the reaction to these terrible revelations, I have heard no one address the question of what it means, in this context, to know. Human beings — human beings everywhere, not just in Ireland — have a remarkable ability to entertain simultaneously any number of contradictory propositions. Perfectly decent people can know a thing…
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