Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary today (and a Holy Day of Obligation). This is one that many folks misunderstand and think relates to Jesus’ conception, but in fact commemorates the Catholic belief that Mary herself was immune to original sin, even from the moment of her conception. Here’s a nice [...]
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Point of Graves cemetery in Portsmouth est. in the 1600s.
My friend Jeff on Facebook shared a link to the wonderful TS Eliot poem in response to this status update: Ash Wednesday He quoted: because I do not hope to turn again because I do not hope because I do not hope to turn again desiring this man’s gift and that man’s scope I no [...]
Kris, Isobel and I are here in Hyannis the night before the marathon. (The older kids are at their MMs for the night.) We got into town early in the afternoon and hit the race expo, where I got to meet (briefly) Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter and grab their autographs. Bill Rodgers even took [...]
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Friend on Facebook left a comment on a status update I’d posted as I was getting ready for an early morning long run suggesting “you witness a world most people don’t ever see on your early morning sojourns.” I don’t know what other people see, but I responded with a bit of what I’ve seen [...]
Hard to believe the NOLA.com report that New Orleans lawmaker State Rep. John Labruzzo really suggested sterilizing the poor – his plan is to offer the poor $1,000 to undergo sterilization while possibly offer tax credits to the educated to reproduce. Archbishop Alfred Hughes said the plan was "an egregious affront to those targeted and blatantly anti-life." [...]
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