tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61924442011-11-09T14:17:18.192-05:00The Great Commandment--Fr. David HudginsReflections of a Catholic Priest on Jesus' "Mega" Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40) Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-6114069007821011642011-11-09T14:09:00.004-05:002011-11-09T14:17:18.224-05:00This is for some lighting geniuses to help me out at St. Joseph Shrine.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-4710931796142614562011-09-15T22:33:00.000-04:002011-09-15T22:34:06.705-04:00Fr. Barron Rocks!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-32745138933646181282011-09-06T22:18:00.001-04:002011-09-06T22:21:02.772-04:00This is cool...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-66512461636437585712011-08-18T14:32:00.006-04:002011-08-18T15:08:04.629-04:00 This is for Joel...thanks my friend! Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-41868577270546518472011-03-07T10:42:00.003-05:002011-03-07T10:51:21.732-05:00Some things are just way cool...Eve and Mary by Sr. Grace Remington, O.C.S.OO Eve!My mother, my daughter, life-giving Eve,Do not be ashamed, do not grieve.The former things have passed away,Our God has brought us to a New Day.See, I am with Child,Through whom all will be reconciled.O Eve! My sister, my friend,We will rejoice togetherForeverLife without end.— Sr. Columba Guare copyright© 2005 Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-81156425835219780412011-01-27T18:06:00.002-05:002011-01-27T18:10:13.696-05:00Anthony Hopkins has a new "religious" movie coming out, The Rite......it may or may not prove interesting We shall see.The film's release occasioned the penning of a wonderful essay about our faith and the nature of evil. Well worth your time.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-66734305778737984542011-01-19T21:04:00.006-05:002011-02-08T12:29:39.151-05:00Everything you ever wanted to know about the culture of death......can be found right here. Just read the first paragraph of the first page of the Grand Jury Report. Murder, infanticide, mutilation... If you're tempted to think this is just an isolated incident read this.Another good summary of this case can be found right here.And further proof that vices never travel alone is seen here.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-25718483074389159032010-12-31T18:30:00.003-05:002010-12-31T18:35:17.794-05:00Last bit-o-funny for 2010...BTW, the GIRM is the "General Instruction on the Roman Missal." It's the "how to celebrate Mass properly" text. Please remember: this is a joke.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-1147113694781479252010-12-22T20:12:00.001-05:002010-12-22T20:13:28.476-05:00Pretty hilarious website this is...Perhaps only for churchy people of a particular sort.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-84094296622309193342010-12-20T11:47:00.002-05:002010-12-20T11:48:48.988-05:00File under "Water found to be wet."And from the New York Times no less.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-52888994650498113662010-11-24T07:05:00.002-05:002010-11-24T07:10:27.336-05:00Two resources on the media's latest feeding frenzy on the Pope and condoms...The invaluable George Weigel. I love his line, "Salvation by latex."And one of my favorites, Mark Shea. I'm always thankful for Star Wars analogies.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-34281009627286538252010-09-20T10:36:00.002-04:002010-09-20T10:40:12.827-04:00Gotta give The Grey Lady her due...An imperfect but not terrible op-ed on the Pope's visit to Britain. A bit of stupid but mostly sensible.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-25193048039324977522010-05-14T21:06:00.005-04:002010-05-18T18:06:48.734-04:00Ok, so...this is Evangelicals on Evangelicals.I'm not bashing...to be honest I can't say I even get the joke completely. "Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.Fascinating. Hipness and relevance may becoming passe to some American Evangelicals. I know this is some sort of spoof on what's being called the Emergent Church Movement.Here's another one I don't totally get. Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-38145240527723795452010-05-06T21:31:00.003-04:002010-05-06T21:33:08.780-04:00I've been complaining about the vacuity of the New Atheists for years...This article explains my frustration WAY better than I ever could. "Yeah, what he said."Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-36395652224770750742010-05-05T20:25:00.003-04:002010-05-05T20:27:31.292-04:00Mark Shea, true to form, summarizes things quite well...The press, for two solid months has attacked the one guy who has done more to deal with this pestilence than anybody else. They leave in their wake a public made vastly more stupid and ignorant about Benedict, full of moral panic and shrill self-righteousness, but not one whit more able to do anything constructive for victims, vast numbers Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-33878033863562721652010-05-04T20:01:00.001-04:002010-05-04T20:04:01.425-04:00Cool...Good for Catholic Illinois!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-21625221677688028362010-05-02T21:26:00.002-04:002010-05-02T21:30:03.582-04:00Not what you might expect at first blush...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-51668286795044505562010-05-02T17:19:00.004-04:002010-05-02T17:24:22.086-04:00Cool article on women in the Catholic Church......the sister (a Ph.D. and Religious Sister of Mercy) who is interviewed is most impressive. The interview covers many of the recent controversies. Several of the tired, old "Why aren't Catholics more like Anglicans"-issues are also considered.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-66332115420372409432010-04-28T21:43:00.002-04:002010-04-28T21:45:57.303-04:00GREAT text over at The Weekly Standard......on the recent Catholic-scandals-media-frenzy.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-76432771153464573262010-04-28T15:58:00.002-04:002010-04-28T16:05:11.246-04:00"Choice!" they say..."Infanticide and/or Murder!" we say. The vicious, vicious culture of death marches on. This age will not be spared from the wrath of the Lamb.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-10465519249966711722010-04-23T23:22:00.004-04:002010-04-23T23:29:19.431-04:00On April 14, 2010 a priest in Tennessee was accused of sex abuse...Here's the bishop of the diocese speaking the next day to the press on April 15, 2010. Press Conference, The Diocese of Knoxville, April 15, 2010, Bishop Richard F. Stika from patrick murphy-racey on Vimeo.Bishop Stika and the Diocese of Knoxville are following a policy adopted by all the bishops of the United States. If you wantFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-77046685701382062992010-04-22T14:25:00.001-04:002010-04-22T14:26:43.518-04:00FascinatingOn the Nazis, the scandals and propaganda. Once again I find that there is no limit to what I don't know.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-37400566188743812242010-04-15T20:20:00.001-04:002010-04-15T20:22:12.824-04:00From our friends across the pond...Concerning the scandals and the pope.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-7925666842643975202010-04-15T20:00:00.001-04:002010-04-15T20:01:17.580-04:00I like this too...Do you get the idea that I like Mark Shea? He thinks clearly. I like that.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-36366980674455647882010-04-13T21:45:00.000-04:002010-04-13T21:46:30.662-04:00Concerning the scandals...I like this too.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-31928196572296437712010-04-07T15:25:00.000-04:002010-04-07T15:26:39.106-04:00Here's the best thing I've read on the scandals...Right here. God bless Mark Shea.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-50434254263732758942010-04-07T14:58:00.003-04:002010-04-07T15:02:32.383-04:00Read this......only if you've been following the New York Times coverage of the Fr. Lawrence Murphy case. Otherwise it will make no sense.How much do you want to bet that the New York Times will not admit their error?Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-63560861868464809802010-04-07T14:44:00.003-04:002010-04-07T14:46:33.446-04:00I like Kathryn Jean Lopez...Concerning the ongoing scandals...she shows wisdom.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-2832589779894298962010-04-02T17:09:00.002-04:002010-04-02T17:10:31.912-04:00On the whole sex abuse thing...I don't have much to add beyond what I've already said.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-2623175525382603662010-04-02T17:03:00.003-04:002010-04-02T17:07:12.758-04:00Sometimes it's the little things in life...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-59611211438469368022010-03-25T21:10:00.002-04:002010-03-25T21:11:46.348-04:00On the Pope, the scandals and the New York Times...*Sigh*Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-71125584725297247842010-01-09T00:37:00.003-05:002010-01-09T00:39:51.881-05:00I'm just posting this to make a friend's life easier...Homily from the funeral of Fr. Roger ProkopFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-84219066615780661892010-01-01T13:13:00.002-05:002010-01-01T13:18:11.908-05:00Something totally random to start 2010...I realize I have a strange sense of humor...not everyone will appreciate these.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-90287824730174083572009-12-09T20:53:00.000-05:002009-12-09T20:54:03.240-05:00Selfless love...the Fan and the Flower from Cavvie Bartjanello on Vimeo.Always the best sort of story.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-2636608592131224962009-12-09T20:34:00.001-05:002009-12-09T20:34:56.321-05:00Way cool...this is.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-63300309113776330842009-11-29T16:27:00.002-05:002009-11-29T16:28:32.359-05:00Since we're in Advent this is a bit early...But WAY hilarious. The mute monks. So clever.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-23823195816734011432009-11-19T22:17:00.001-05:002009-11-19T22:18:23.022-05:00This is pretty intense...The truth shall set you free...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-71296084386855556952009-11-18T21:42:00.002-05:002009-11-18T21:44:52.103-05:00Fr. Robert Barron ROCKS...Here he is addressing the movie 2012...Caution spoilers!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-36690760033674337422009-11-12T12:22:00.002-05:002009-11-12T12:25:40.464-05:00A day late and a dollar short for Veterans Day...But worth the wait IMHO.Dogs greet returning vets:I took in a homeless cat a few years ago...but there's nothing like a dog.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-51660442882905987932009-11-03T08:14:00.001-05:002009-11-03T08:16:24.963-05:00Archbishop Dolan wrote a piece for the New York Times on anti-Catholicism......They rejected it, of course.But you can read it here.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-11214693646699722062009-11-02T19:23:00.002-05:002009-11-02T19:25:57.397-05:00PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEADER RESIGNS AFTER WATCHING ULTRASOUND OF ABORTION PROCEDUREMakes sense to me.Click on the link to watch the video.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-69779437240162752492009-10-28T20:25:00.002-04:002009-10-28T20:26:19.569-04:00I've been saying we're headed for Brave New World for 20 years at least......looks like we've arrived.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-28135590078251610442009-10-25T22:07:00.001-04:002009-10-25T22:12:44.425-04:00This whole matter of Anglicans being received into the Catholic Church is somewhat complicated...This video is helpful.More information here and here.No matter how you slice it this is good news.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-32032243851714046482009-10-09T22:48:00.001-04:002009-10-09T22:48:54.301-04:00This is quite good...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-84743576761853229662009-09-15T15:32:00.005-04:002009-09-15T15:53:03.808-04:00He got rich spreading lies about Christianity and the Catholic Church in particular...But now, thanks to modern technology, anyone can write like a hack with the new Dan Brown Sequel Generator. Plus it's a better use of time than reading his books.Mark Shea puts it well, "The guy tells gigantic lies about Jesus and the Church in broad daylight in crappy prose and dumb storytelling and then makesFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-55120055882750967302009-09-14T14:44:00.002-04:002009-09-14T14:45:56.494-04:00The heavens proclaim the glory of God......and the firmament shows for the work of His hands. ~Psalm 19Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-19667454135082456762009-09-11T21:54:00.000-04:002009-09-11T21:55:11.920-04:00Ok...for cat people only...Bizarre but hilarious.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-86689570243114238872009-09-11T14:17:00.001-04:002009-09-11T14:19:05.120-04:00Not good...We have enough just remembering violence today."Thou shall not kill." Pretty clear to me.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-79895555536450022262009-08-13T20:05:00.002-04:002009-08-13T20:08:35.306-04:00Nice little article about the Tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe.I encourage folks to look in to this for themselves. The more I learn about Our Lady of Guadalupe the more amazing it is to me.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-3837227710088974562009-08-10T17:25:00.002-04:002009-08-10T17:31:49.620-04:00Considering that we've been reading John 6 the last few weeks this is tres cool.I've been to Lanciano, Italy to see the Eucharistic Miracle there myself. More info. on that here and here.Thanks to my brother for the video.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-24621838601576685702009-08-08T20:25:00.002-04:002009-08-08T20:29:20.602-04:00Fetuses Have Memories, Study SaysCool. But not completely surprising in as much as they also have a complete genome. Evil cannot endure. Evil defeats itself. Abortion in this land will come to an end. Sooner or later. New evils may arise, but this one will eventually destroy itself.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-53471416850954916812009-08-03T23:59:00.003-04:002009-08-04T00:01:34.440-04:00Here's something to read on this whole health reform matter...There's a lot that could be said, and I'm no expert.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-91414155410677060002009-08-03T16:12:00.005-04:002009-08-03T16:19:49.439-04:00As Mark Shea says,"Rome doesn't issue fatwas. " "Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven." ~Matthew 5:11Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-67925437100353800762009-07-30T17:59:00.002-04:002009-07-30T18:01:47.918-04:00There is MUCH more to say on the matter, but this isn't bad...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-37450267583464761872009-07-16T20:06:00.003-04:002009-07-17T07:52:31.483-04:00Tres cool...Forty years ago today. Twelve men have walked on the moon.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-73905783039447161532009-07-15T10:39:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:43:08.280-04:00I've linked to this kind of thing before...Embryonic Stem Cell research is a dead end. It does however make some people rich. I suppose if you're going to perform scientific experiments on innocent human beings you may as well make money off it. God have mercy on us.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-48894042171152348512009-07-09T21:42:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:47:50.167-04:00Very Funny...Take that faceless corporate behemoth!!!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-32865247957281876242009-07-01T14:38:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:43:58.504-04:00BTW...Here's the homily I preached for Fr. Roger Prokop's Memorial Mass in Ann Arbor on June 23rd 2009. It was an inspiration to see so many brother priests and the bishop at that Mass.Also, let me know if your software cannot handle the format of this audio file. I think it's an mp4.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-18521534387578126962009-07-01T14:31:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:44:17.451-04:00One of the options for Mass today is the Feast of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus ChristHere's a homily from three years ago. This is a beautiful devotion, one of the top three according to Blessed John XXIII. BTW, I stole this completely from Fr. Gerald Gawronski. If it's no good, it's all his fault!!! (Just kidding buddy!) If it stinks it's all my fault.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-66213527947752819592009-06-14T11:47:00.005-04:002009-07-15T10:48:04.645-04:00I think I love Stephen Colbert...He's Catholic...he actually teaches Sunday school at his parish in South Carolina. People seem to think he's just another liberal comedian who makes a living mocking conservatives. I don't believe it's that simple.In this clip he's the bus driver. He takes this Biblical Deconstructionist to school. Colbert gives a definition of Hell that is straight out of theFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-44633690665776148142009-06-05T19:51:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:48:21.561-04:00And now for something completely different...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-68178086716442432782009-06-01T11:42:00.007-04:002009-07-15T10:45:54.376-04:00Thou Shall Not Kill...That's pretty simple. To do evil in the service of good is simply to do evil. This is Archbishop Vigneron's Darth Vadar Principle. John Paul the Great called this sort of thing the mystery of iniquity. Come Lord Jesus! Save us!The murder of Dr. George Tiller completely undermines the pro-life movement. This justifies enemies of the gospel to label us as the, "ChristianFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-81271639063116020172009-05-23T12:43:00.005-04:002009-06-06T11:19:44.570-04:00Rev. Roger Lee ProkopMay 17, 1935-May 22, 2009May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.More info. here.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-41050400664787947652009-05-22T22:29:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:48:38.029-04:00I really don't think they hurt the kitties...And the hilarity factor is high!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-4956964422522139922009-05-15T21:06:00.005-04:002009-07-15T10:46:51.299-04:00All you need to know about Angels & Demons... you can read here. Check this out too.I haven't (and won't) read Angels & Demons. Having read the inane Da Vinci Code I can say that Dan Brown hasn't done his homework. At all. It's clear he hasn't visited, or even seen photographs of many of the places he describes. And that's the just the tip of his absurd iceberg. Anyone who knows anything Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-86377375330436808992009-05-11T22:34:00.002-04:002009-07-15T10:49:00.038-04:00Worthy of your consideration...not so much on the Muslim issue but on the demographics...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-14333016709029011332009-04-16T14:33:00.001-04:002009-07-15T10:47:34.939-04:00I wish I'd thought of this...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-11903985893436011922009-04-12T23:10:00.004-04:002009-07-15T10:50:15.180-04:00Happy Easter!!!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-37024148936773465252009-04-11T09:00:00.002-04:002009-07-15T10:50:34.268-04:00My Favorite Holy Saturday Meditation...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-46960340162637111972009-04-10T22:42:00.001-04:002009-07-15T10:50:47.465-04:00My Favorite Good Friday Meditation...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-2279697434812526162009-04-05T17:48:00.003-04:002009-07-15T10:51:03.524-04:00The slippery slope of the culture of death...Human life is sacred because we are God's children. There is no other foundation Don't say you weren't warned.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-41124108147462122522009-04-02T13:58:00.002-04:002009-07-15T10:51:24.228-04:00For my Liturgy Committee......and anyone interested. Here is the proposed retranslation of the Mass. Perhaps due out for Advent 2011.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-72539647641216084242009-03-29T21:52:00.003-04:002009-03-29T21:57:53.620-04:00Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houstonis da MAN!!!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-42758115886631631532009-03-25T22:07:00.003-04:002009-03-30T16:36:38.924-04:00Here's a bit more on the whole Pope-and-condoms-thing...I know folks are in an uproar but further explanation doesn't hurt.  This is not a simple matter; sounds bites and mass-media coverage will not suffice on this issue.Might want to read this too...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-79778533905691944822009-03-08T16:27:00.001-04:002009-07-15T10:53:24.463-04:00Wow!Just wow.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-25474997259319965602009-02-25T11:26:00.002-05:002009-07-15T10:51:46.108-04:00This is cute... The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTurning to Religion - Jim MartinColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayFr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-17543391518688241642009-02-13T20:59:00.001-05:002009-02-13T20:59:59.132-05:00Please read this...Dr. Kreeft was one of my teachers in the seminary.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-71039716263613096652009-02-13T20:15:00.000-05:002009-02-13T20:16:28.726-05:00More for my music peeps...check thou it out!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-39302637094326660042009-02-05T21:35:00.001-05:002009-02-05T21:37:28.825-05:00You might be tempted to think that...this sort of thing is an isolated incident.  Sadly you'd be mistaken.  Much more documentation here.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-54581838814665542952009-02-02T23:58:00.002-05:002009-02-03T00:00:22.868-05:00Just for the record...Embryonic Stem Cell Research doesn't work.On the other hand it is cannibalistic human experimentation.  We have much to answer for in this age.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-24605853324336167692009-02-02T23:51:00.003-05:002009-02-03T00:11:58.161-05:00Anyone interested in hearing quality Gregorian Chant in English???Then check this out.See in chant the words not the rhythm drive the music.  In other words, in Gregorian Chant the prayer, not the time signature moves the music.  This is our past; this is our patrimony;  this is our future.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-4567204463360459792009-01-29T19:53:00.001-05:002009-01-29T19:54:46.698-05:00Cool story about a nun in the military...Wait for the ad to finish and then watch the video.  This woman is fantastic!  It's great to be Catholic!Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-44342580948652169842009-01-22T07:18:00.000-05:002009-01-22T07:19:59.592-05:00Pretty Funny....cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-59335415828575343402009-01-21T12:47:00.000-05:002009-01-21T12:48:19.751-05:00Very Cool...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-49224971186519984312008-12-25T20:25:00.001-05:002008-12-25T20:26:56.257-05:00Something funny for Christmas...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-63637575998955673932008-11-12T22:24:00.001-05:002008-11-12T22:26:11.157-05:00And more bad news...It's all about "love" and "tolerance" don't you know.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-58900164153803259542008-11-12T22:07:00.002-05:002008-11-12T22:09:19.706-05:00This is sick...With attacks like this on marriage, children and the family, how much longer do we as a nation have?Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-36781293646558822592008-11-09T09:50:00.002-05:002008-11-09T09:53:19.293-05:00Here's a nice video on the Basilica of St. John Lateran...fitting for the feast day today...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-12955720320399295862008-11-05T10:15:00.003-05:002008-11-05T10:23:54.165-05:00The fact that we can laugh at something like this, says we've come a long way as a nation.But we have much further to go.  We live in a country where African American babies are aborted at five times the rate of white babies and where more than 80 percent of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority areas.  In the face of racial genocide let us pray that our new president may respect and defend Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-79869092780951936272008-10-28T22:41:00.001-04:002008-10-28T22:43:10.112-04:00This is GREAT.More power to Cardinal Egan.P.S. I know I haven't been blogging.  Between Fr. Roger and things around the parish I haven't had the time.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-31795641704102771522008-08-15T20:33:00.002-04:002008-08-15T20:35:35.495-04:00I've been away for a while......from blogging at least.  It's been a busy summer.  I've been trying to develop a new format to post my homilies.Here's my latest effort.  This is for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  I think you'll find the audio quality MUCH higher.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-80629899425224124802008-05-14T20:11:00.003-04:002008-05-14T20:13:58.562-04:00This is cool for the month of May...and as Mark Shea said, it's great because of the age of the people in this video.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-64185895443044481452008-04-30T14:03:00.004-04:002008-04-30T14:16:27.076-04:00Bishop Boyea is here......thanks be to God.The Lansing State Journal lowered their standards by putting me into their online video coverage of Bishop Boyea's installation.  Check the video out here.I was also quoted in the Lansing State Journal print edition.  They even got the quote right.  Wonders never cease.  Check the print version out here.The Mass of Installation was tremendous.  In Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-12841098602362181522008-04-01T16:24:00.000-04:002008-04-01T16:26:09.265-04:00I couldn't agree more...Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-74349317091643983202008-03-22T09:10:00.006-04:002008-03-22T23:56:05.374-04:00Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-75222006089964082662008-03-22T09:02:00.003-04:002008-03-22T18:11:58.992-04:00The Office of Readings for today...From an ancient homily for Holy SaturdaySomething strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-4894272611229028662008-03-21T12:04:00.001-04:002008-03-22T09:32:20.273-04:00Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-32330055061835288972008-03-18T20:45:00.001-04:002008-03-19T23:26:50.739-04:00I've been trying to tell people this for years... ...FINALLY the BBC listens.  ;-)Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-32371382968538292782008-03-18T15:22:00.003-04:002008-03-22T09:23:40.092-04:00This is great......wouldn't change a thing. Thanks Mark Shea for pointing me to it.Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192444.post-50602217041421874192008-03-16T16:40:00.008-04:002008-03-22T09:24:20.937-04:00Give Death, Inc. enough rope and they'll hang themselves...Evil cannot endure. Evil defeats itself.It turns out abortion is racist after all. There's more here and here. This whole thing began as part of the eugenics movement. Also this week we get even more evidence that abortion is sexist; abortion hurts women. I've had too many of them weeping in my office, and I always ask them if I should Fr. Davidnoreply@blogger.com0