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Homilia – Mayo 7, 2023

Homily – May 7, 2023

Homilia – Abril 30, 2023

Homily – April 30, 2023

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #45 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #45

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #45: Singing at Mass  In 1991 author and Catholic Church musician Thomas Day published a book entitled Why Catholics Can’t Sing.  In it he proposed many explanations for why Catholics can’t, don’t, or won’t sing at Mass.  It was a book very popular among Catholic musicians at…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #44 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #44

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry #44: “You saved my daughter’s life.”  I was invited to a neighboring parish one evening for a round of the game “Stump the Priest”.  Typically, this “game” involves a panel of two or three priests and a crowd of interested Catholics who gather for dinner. During the course…
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THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #43 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #43

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST Diary Entry: #43 “We Hate Latin!”  “We hate Latin!”  I will never forget these words hurled at me one Monday morning by an old Polish couple who had come to the rectory office to complain, just after I had assumed the role of pastor at an inner-city parish.  Prompting complaints…
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Homily – April 23, 2023

Homilia – Abril 23, 2023

THE DIARY OF AN INNER-CITY PRIEST #42 – EL DIARIO DE UN SACERDOTE URBANO #42

Diary Entry #42:  The Guy Who Stole My Newspaper I had been the new pastor of an inner-city parish for a few months. I enjoyed the fact that the previous pastor had taken a subscription to the local newspaper. While a newspaper subscription costs relatively little, it does cost something. I had never taken one…
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