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Ideas for Lenten Practices
By
David Gibson
For many years this site, “Sacred Space,” a ministry of the Irish Jesuits, has been one of my preferred sites for contemplation and prayer. Well, really the only one. Its simplicity and Ignatian orientation draw me back time and again, though Lent is usually when I return most faithfully. The opening welcome is aimed at…
Faces for a day of Fasting
By
David Gibson
Job losses are mounting everywhere, and this sight–employees of The Rocky Mountain News reacting to word that today’s edition would be the last for the 150-year-old paper–is all too common. But I hope I always find it deeply affecting. And less common.
SSPX Bishop Williamson apologizes. Sort of…
By
David Gibson
The Holocaust-denying schismatic Traditionalist was just kicked out of Argentina, which seems unjust to me, despite Williamson’s noxious views. Today, back in his native England, Wiliamson issued an apology, via ZENIT (an arm of the Legionaries, which has had its own travails), for his quite detailed argument that the Nazis did not gas Jews in death camps.…
Carnevale cocktail: A final Dolan mixer before Lent
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David Gibson
I’m not much for Mardi Gras–too old, too tired, too many hangovers. And that’s just the French Quarter. I, however, can’t take much forced revelry, either. But before Ash Wednesday strikes, let me point you to a Tim Dolan post I missed earlier, Cathy Grossman’s USA Today roundup, which includes a couple good Dolan lines to be kept…
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