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On Mary: “She adapted herself to the mentality of her audience”
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deacon greg kandra
The Vatican has used yesterday’s feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to issue some thoughts on what it means to be a Catholic communicator. As a Catholic, and a communicator, I found this pretty interesting: Like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Catholic communicators must share the message of the Gospel in a way that reflects the…
“You don’t see the Stations of the Cross”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The other day, Rocco posted about St. Louis’s Fr. John Jay Hughes, whose homilies have become the stuff of legend. The good padre now has started posting them to a blog. One of my readers sifted through some of the homilies and came across this wonderful nugget: “The Lord came to me more recently, and…
Hushed Huckabee
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This is what happens when you have a minister running for president. Mike Huckabee undoubtedly has what might be called a “pulpit trail” — but he won’t let anyone see it. This, from Mother Jones: Before beginning his political career, Huckabee was a Southern Baptist minister for 12 years in his home state of Arkansas.…
The Vatican’s new online bible commentary debuts
By
deacon greg kandra
Every now and then something pops up online that is a real breakthrough — and a wonderful resource. This link is one of those: Biblia Clerus, a bible commentary set up by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. As Catholic World News puts it: The Biblia Clerus site links each passage of the Bible– Old…
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