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Sunday, December 20, 2020

O Antiphon for December 20: O Clavis David, O Key of David

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The O antiphon for December 20th begins by addressing our Savior as O Clavis David, O Key of David. It goes on to describe the symbolism of ...
Saturday, December 19, 2020

O antiphon for Dec. 19th: O Radix Jesse, O Root of Jesse

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The O antiphon for Dec. 19th begins by addressing our Savior, who is about to be born as a man, as O Radix Jesse, O Root of Jesse. The antip...
Friday, December 18, 2020

O Antiphon for December 18: O Adonai, O Sovereign Lord

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The O antiphon for Dec. 18 begins by addressing our Savior, who is about to be born as a man, as O Adonai (O Sovereign Lord), describes Our ...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

O Antiphon for December 17: O Sapientia, O Wisdom

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The O antiphon for Dec. 17 begins by addressing our Savior who is about to be born as a Man as O Sapientia, O Wisdom. It then describes what...
Sunday, December 06, 2020

Santa Is Not Good for Raising Young Catholics

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"Tell Santa what you want for Christmas!" Hasn't anyone besides me ever noticed that this admonition is not good training for ...
Monday, November 09, 2020

If the Church is the Answer, What is the Question?

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When I was fifteen years old in 1960, I read Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex , and Albert Camus' L'Etranger . Then when I st...

The Miracle and the Hope: Cardinal Kung's Requiem and Burial

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Five Wounds Portuguese National Church before a Requiem Mass Many think it was providential that Ignatius Cardinal Kung of Shanghai g...
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Monday, October 26, 2020

Jackie Coogan, The Kid, Uncle Fester, Bad Boy, Much-Married, Catholic

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE COOGAN, BORN OCTOBER 26, 1914   Have you ever heard about or seen The Kid , Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy-drama...
Tuesday, October 06, 2020

A Liqueur, a Color, and a Hermit Order’s Major Source of Income

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Chartreuse is a luxury liqueur produced by the Carthusians, a strict contemplative order of hermits founded by Saint Bruno, whose feast is ...
Tuesday, September 01, 2020

When Emily Dickinson Heard Jenny Lind Sing, and Another Surprising Literary Juxtaposition

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P.T. Barnum publicity poster When I read the excerpt from "The Writer's Almanac" for September 1, 2020 included below, I was a...
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