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Unworthy Hand Cardinal Burke was my bishop. At our church groundbreaking I told him of my triple-major studies. Knowing I'd considered seminary, he was crestfallen. Once my folks walked off I told him my plan to enter after graduation. He lit up & spoke of his prayers for vocations. He's

Sometimes edits conceal great mysteries.

I watched "The Place Beyond the Pines" with my dad today, a 2012 film I had never heard of starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper, & Ray Liotta. It has some excellent aspects but was a very strange, dark story. I can't recommend it to anyone, but want to talk about it.

A Leader Like Us As a child in CCD class, I remember being told that a pope from the United States would never happen in our lifetimes. The common view was that having the earthly leader of the Catholic Church come from the world’s strongest superpower was something most

💕⛽ My parents ' wedding was on the roof of the local Exxon Mobile. They both wanted to marry above their station. —"The ceremony was really held at a gas station?" Yep, Full Service.

Do you mean what you say?

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Why don't more couples hold hands?

A Hypothetical: A certain parishioner is a 1st responder. He's on-call 24/7 and legally required to carry a very loud pager. Sometimes even when it's not an alert paging him, it goes off during Mass for between 15 seconds to 10 minutes and cannot be turned off. What should he do?

"As a child in CCD class, I remember being told that a pope from the United States would never happen in our lifetimes." parishableitems.com/2025/05/31/a-l…

Today I discovered this excellent 2019 Ross Douthat interview of Cardinal Burke, my former bishop. It is fascinating to look back at now, seeing how things worked out. web.archive.org/web/2019110919…

I don't know what the ("Girls") writers were trying to accomplish in this scene, but the portrayal of the father's reaction is powerful.

—Your name? Shibboleth. —Right this way, Mr. Hibboleth. 😒

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Getting oneshotted by the sacraments which leave an indelible mark.

Clarity is lost in the use of passive voice.

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What should I do for a weeklong vacation this July?

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