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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007It looks like an article I wrote over 3 years ago is getting some attention from some pro-choice advocates and various atheists looking to make friends. That’s a surprise, but welcome anyway. Thanks for all the comments and support. Uninformed vitriol is always helpful in making new friends.
[ANOTHER UPDATE]: I figured out that all the [...]
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Saturday, September 29th, 2007I had to come to Memphis for the weekend to take care of some details about my pending ordination, and to vote. When I told the pastor at St. Paul, Fr. Mike, that I was coming to town, he asked me to deliver a reflection after communion, as a way of practicing the ministry of [...]
¡Hoy es mi quinceaños! ¡Yo voy al Mundo de Disney!
Friday, May 4th, 2007In this photo, a group of 15 Hispanic girls are celebrating their “Quinceañeras” at Walt Disney World, with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, to the tune of up to $20K per girl.
A lot of Anglos (English-speaking, usually white, folks) may not be aware of this, but in many Hispanic cultures a girl is said to [...]
Abortion Does NOT Tickle
Monday, November 17th, 2003It was cold (36F) and cloudy and rainy this past Saturday when I went with some other seminarians to Louisville to pray in front of an abortion mill (it’s called a “women’s clinic,” but mostly they just kill babies). There were about 12 Catholics there standing on the sidewalk, with one non-Catholic guy there who [...]
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