Blogito ergo sum! Actually, as N.T. Wright averred, "'Amor, ergo sum:' I am loved, therefore I am." Among other things, I am a Roman Catholic deacon. This is a public cyberspace in which I seek to foster Christian discipleship in the late modern milieu in the diakonia of koinonia and in the recognition that "the Eucharist is the only place of resistance to annihilation of the human subject."
Friday, July 30, 2010
"Hangin' out by the state line, turning holy water into wine"
Our 1980s summer continues this week. We've been working through what are, at least for me, inevitable '80s artists, like the Go-Gos, Phil Collins, Eddie Money, et. al. Today's Friday traditio is Billy Idol's Eyes Without a Face: Les yeux sans visage from 1983's Rebel Yell album. "You hear the music, you make a dip into someone else's pocket, then make a slip..."
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Year 2 Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Readings: 1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Psalm 5:5-7.12; Luke 6:6-11 Today is Labor Day. Somewhat ironically, our Gospel is about “working” on the ...
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Because my parish celebrated Mass in the evening instead of in the morning today, I was able to assist my pastor at the altar on this Memori...
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