THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #54 Cell Phones Everyone who knows me well knows that I do not have, and never have had a cell phone. People who don’t know me do not believe me when I tell them that I do not have a cell phone. I can see it on…
Read more
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #53 -EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #53
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #53 Altar Boys The reason for using altar boys at Mass is not necessarily clear to the average Mass-goer. In the Traditional Rite of Mass, the ostensible reason for having altar boys is that they represent the congregation. Their primary task in a Low Mass is to…
Read more
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #52 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #52
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #52 PRESUMPTION One day I received a phone message from a barber who once cut my hair regularly. Her shop was a five-minute walk from a parish at which I served for a number of years. After I was transferred away from that parish I would return…
Read more
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST/EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO – #51
THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #51 Brenda and Eddie In 1977 Billy Joel released an album called The Stranger. One of the songs, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, tells the story of a fictional couple, Brenda and Eddie, who were the popular king and queen of the high school prom, married just…
Read more
- 1
- 2