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A Lesson Learned At Holy Thursday
2008-03-21 12:38:00 Happy Good Friday, all. I was much too tired to head to the homestead last night after a full day at practicum, so I wandered into the neighbourhood parish instead twelve minutes before Mass was to begin.That was a serious error in judgement.Something I cannot wrap my head around about the neighbourhood parish is how they can completely destroy every extant notion of liturgical propriety, and yet More About: Thursday , Lesson , Holy , Learned
Interesting Commute...
2008-03-20 14:24:00 Apparently it was an interesting commute for drivers and transit riders in the Toronto area today with a major highway closed because of cattle, and a smoke incident on the subway. Incidentally, my traveling companion and I who take the subway to our teaching placement every morning just squeaked through ten minutes before the subway was shut down. Must be our lucky day! More to come... More About: Interesting , Commute
Happy Spring!
2008-03-20 11:01:00 I don't know about you, but I'm certainly happy to have a four-day weekend :-) This year I'm going to get to go home for Easter with my family. Given my chaplaincy responsibilities over the past couple of years, and the nature of the work I will be doing in future years, this will be the first and last Easter I will be spending at home with family for quite a while, so it's definitely a cause More About: Spring , Happy
That's Odd...
2008-03-19 21:25:00 We had a kid who was horsing around with some friends get pushed and fall through a window at school today, smashing it and himself. Can you imagine being the parent getting that call at home? "Yes Ma'am, your son fell through a window and the glass shattered everywhere. Yes, he's bleeding from head to toe. Would you like us to call the ambulance or shall you?" More to come...
Update on Discernment
2008-03-19 10:52:00 And an update on my arm first! I went to the Fracture Clinic yesterday where I was reminded that I have a broken elbow, and that I should be wearing a sling. Oops; I took the instructions at the ER two weeks ago to mean that I could wear a sling "for comfort", and when it stops being comfortable to do so, and more comfortable to let my arm loose, I don't need to wear it. Despite that little More About: Update
Quotation To Ponder
2008-03-19 10:44:00 I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. -- Helen Keller More to come...
Not Sure I Really Get The Appeal...
2008-03-15 13:54:00 The body of the mystic monk Padre Pio, one of the Roman Catholic world's most revered saints who died 40 years ago, has been exhumed to be prepared for display to his many devotees. My favourite part of the article: "A Church statement said the body was in 'fair condition,' particularly the hands, which Archbishop Domenico D'Ambrosio, who witnessed the exhumation in the southern Italian town More About: Appeal
Discernment
2008-03-15 13:54:00 I am doing some heavy-duty discernment right now and I need a short blog-break as I figure out my future. I will return on or about Wednesday when the discernment is forced to conclude. More to come...
So Much For Miracles
2008-03-14 23:22:00 The biblical Israelites may have been high on a hallucinogenic plant when Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, according to a new study by an Israeli psychology professor. Writing in the British journal Time and Mind, Benny Shanon of Jerusalem's Hebrew University said two plants in the Sinai desert contain the same psychoactive molecules as those found in plants from which More About: Miracles
Prayers, Please
2008-03-13 17:53:00 I have a very important job-related meeting tomorrow morning in my home diocese, after which I have less than 24 hours to make a potentially life-changing decision weighing another opportunity that has come my way. Ugh. Prayers , please. More to come...
Coming Soon On DVD
2008-03-13 13:17:00 Enchanted is coming out on DVD on Tuesday. I. Must. Have. This. More to come...
That's Going To Be An Interesting Confession
2008-03-13 13:16:00 A Benedictine monk has been caught with around 230 pornographic films in his room in a monastery in western Germany, the local Abendzeitung newspaper reported on Thursday. The discovery was made after the monk was caught trying to steal four gay pornography DVDs from a sex shop in the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg in southern Germany, the paper said. I wonder if that would get a laugh and a More About: Interesting , Confession
Confession Practicum
2008-03-13 00:24:00 Recently I was honoured to be asked to be a "fake" penitent for a couple of seminarian friends of mine who are practising their skills as confessors prior to their ordinations. I went into Toronto specially this afternoon for the opportunity to fake-confess for them. I had had a scenario in my head, but when I arrived I was told by their instructor it should be anything sexual. Blah. So, I More About: Confession
Death Will Be Punished
2008-03-12 12:46:00 The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them. How exactly do you severely punish someone who is dead? More to come... More About: Death
Pope Meets With Taizé Prior
2008-03-12 12:42:00 Benedict XVI Meets With Taizé Prior VATICAN CITY, MARCH 11, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI received in audience the prior of the ecumenical Taizé community, continuing an annual tradition begun by Pope John XXIII. The Vatican press office reported that the Pope met with Brother Alois on Monday. This was his third private audience since he succeeded Taizé's founder, Brother Roger Schutz, as
Chrism Mass
2008-03-11 14:20:00 I was visiting the Archdiocese of Toronto website and noted that the Chrism Mass is at 11am this year, instead of at 7pm when it has been held in previous years. Mass of Chrism Tuesday March 18, 2008 11:00 a.m. at St. Michael’s Cathedral His Grace, Most Reverend Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, invites all priests to celebrate with him, the Mass of Chrism on Tuesday March 18, 2008, 11:00
I Can't Make This Stuff Up...
2008-03-11 13:33:00 Hundreds of dogs, many dressed as babies or clowns, were taken to celebrate mass in this Nicaraguan town on Sunday, an annual ritual where the owners pray for their pets to be cured or avoid falling ill. I guess this is sort of the Nicaraguan equivalent to our blessing of the animals on St. Francis of Assisi's feast day? I'm just not sure that I understand the clown thing. Anyone? More to More About: Stuff , Make
Environmental Sins
2008-03-11 13:32:00 'Social sins' in the area of bioethics represent a danger zone for the modern soul, according to comments made by Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti in L'Osservatore Romano this past weekend. Courtesy of The Star since no one can find it at L'Osservatore Romano yet... More to come... More About: Environmental , Sins
Priest Sent Off For Unsportsmanlike Conduct
2008-03-10 16:06:00 At least he didn't headbutt him like Zidane, I guess... Either way, it was a memorable day at the Clericus Cup on Sunday. More to come... More About: Priest
Interview Prep
2008-01-15 19:54:00 Over the course of my life, I have realized that I do a lot better in high-pressure situations if I have prepared to some extent beforehand. Consequently, with the interview coming up next week, and my gut instincts indicating to me that this is definitely something for which it is worth me trying my best, I have been attempting to do some research into the areas for which the parish is hiring. More About: Interview , Prep
Prayer Requests
2008-01-15 19:11:00 It seems that my only real friend in all of my Teacher's College classes has gone AWOL. He last was in touch on December 28 when he noted he was back in town and would see me for sure at our first class on January 7 "even if it killed" him. He didn't show. Nor did he show at our next day religious ed class, nor at yesterday's field trip. I presume something else bad has happened to him More About: Prayer , Requests
Lyrics For Today
2008-01-15 19:11:00 This is the hardest story that I've ever told No hope, or love, or glory Happy endings gone forever more More to come... More About: Lyrics , Today
Ecumenical Question
2008-01-14 23:43:00 Today on a retreat I attended, we opened our day with a celebration of the Eucharist in the Anglican tradition. Now, obviously, I wasn't about to receive communion, though we were warmly invited to do so (because, according to the woman priest, "we are all children of One God"), and despite the fact that nearly every single one of my Catholic classmates did so. With one exception - the other More About: Question
Quotation of the Day
2008-01-14 23:18:00 "We distrust our hearts too much, and our head not enough." --Rev. Joseph Roux, 1886 More to come...
Best Line of Amazing Race
2008-01-14 02:20:00 The best "dumb" line of the Amazing Race was delivered tonight. Upon learning that they would be traveling to Taiwan, one of the competitors commented to his partner, "I know absolutely nothing about Taiwan. Except that apparently Thai food is very good. And I have a few Thai friends." {Sound of crickets} More to come... More About: Amazing Race , Line
Just Have To Say...
2008-01-13 17:05:00 I am SO bored. Oh, I have tons to do, but I just can't get myself in gear and focused to do it. It's actually quite unlike me to be such a procrastinator/out of it/unmotivated. It probably has a little something to do with a lack of sleep. Strange things have been happening in the building. Sketch doesn't begin to describe some of it, and I'm not appreciating being woken up at 3:00am to
Baptism of the Lord
2008-01-13 15:48:00 The priest at the Mass I attended last night told a story about his first baptism as a priest. He was all set to administer the sacrament himself when the senior priest where he was stationed insisted he would do the baptism himself, with the new priest just watching to see how it is done. He agreed, and Sunday rolled around. The baby being baptized was particularly uncooperative, and the senior More About: Lord , Baptism , The Lord
Quotation to Ponder
2008-01-13 15:40:00 There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart. -- Ralph de Bricassart More to come...
Sunday Mass Report
2008-01-13 02:29:00 In case there was any concern about the neighbourhood parish being 'too normal' with all of the regulars off on Christmas holidays, the key players were back tonight and well rested, singing their little Catholic guitar-strumming hearts out. We had the major III chord to end the Lamb of God (always a classic), the singing about an octave higher than is healthier for anyone to sing, the More About: Report , Sunday , Mass
Premonition?
More articles from this author:2008-01-12 16:02:00 I had a meeting with someone about my resume and cover letter yesterday. About halfway during the interview she claimed to have a 'premonition' in which she saw me as a future principal of a high school. I wasn't sure whether to be pleased, to laugh or to be very afraid... On second thought, while she was predicting my future, I should have got her to tell me the name of my future husband, too! More About: Premonition 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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