Anyway.
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After Mass I meekly stood my distance from the priest as he greeted the people leaving church, waiting patiently to ask him what he thought about the bin Laden deal. I especially wanted to ask him since he is a former military chaplain. So he called to me, "Terry, What up?" I went over to him and said, "I just have to ask what you thought about the bin Laden deal."
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"I rejoiced! But of course I felt bad that a human being was killed." he said beaming.
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"Me too!" I said beaming.
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I love that priest.
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Ordinary people.
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There is something to be said about the greatness of ordinariness. I find it interesting that the best of the best priests in this archdiocese celebrate Mass according to the Ordinary Form. The bishops in Minnesota do likewise. I never hear them speak against the new revised translation for the Mass, nor against the Extraordinary Form of Mass.
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I think some readers think I dis the EF, but I'm not about doing that at all. I was trained as an altar boy for the traditional Mass. Nevertheless, when reading various websites one can get the impression that the Ordinary Form of Mass is less holy than the EF Mass, and as one guy once told me, "If you know the beauty and splendor of the EF Mass and continue to attend the Novus Ordo - which is the Ordinary Form, you may be endangering your immortal soul." That's bull shit.
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The miracle at Emmaus.
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In today's Gospel, the Risen Christ showed himself as an ordinary man as he walked along with the disciples - and they did not recognize him until the 'breaking of the bread'. Ordinary people recognize Christ in the breaking of the bread - in the Eucharist, the Mass - no matter if it is the EF or OF, it is the Mass wherein the Eucharist is confected and Christ is amongst us.
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Liturgical abuse is a separate matter of course, and I am not talking that kind of stuff here.
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Mother's Day
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I thought about my mother and her 'happy death' and realized that when I finally see her in heaven I won't recognize her because she will actually be happy and kind and pure and radiantly on fire in charity and love - that is, in that light and glory that is God. (When my mother finally died, I was very happy for her. Rejoicing over some one's death is not always bad.)
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Happy Mother's day to all moms, but especially those with mental illness, addiction and other sufferings that may impair and distort their ability to love their children.
