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Goodbye

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“Did you cry out for anyone?
Did you get to say goodbye?
Did the blood dried on your face,
did you cry out for any one?
Did you get to say goodbye?”
– from “Say Goodbye” by Brother

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May all the souls of those who died in the Indian Ocean earthquake, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
May the Lord bless and keep the loved ones of the deceased.
May He shine His face upon them.
May He lift up His countenance upon them and give them peace.
Amen

Discovering a Season

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Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I get so excited that I start listening
to my Christmas music at the beginning of November, much to the surprise and chagrin
of some of my loved ones. This year, I’ve been asking myself what I’ve been getting
excited about. Is it the celebration of Christ’s birth? I wish I could say so, but
the truth is that I’ve been enamored with the secular trappings of the season. Decorating
the Christmas tree, baking cookies, singing catchy tunes, visiting relatives, watching
classic movies, giving and receiving gifts (sadly, mostly the latter), playing in
the snow (in those few lucky winters), and other generally faith-free activities
have been Christmas’ raison d’etre for me.

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Hungry Hungry Augustine…of Hippo

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OK, so the title is cheesy. Sue me. Anyhow, the remains of St. Augustine, my patron,
were taken to Rome recently and Zenit published a few articles about the occasion.

Pope
Receives Relics of St. Augustine
John
Paul II’s Prayer to St. Augustine
Augustine
Faced an Emptiness, Says Cardinal Ratzinger

“O Lord my God, I believe in you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Insofar as I can, insofar as you have given me the power, I have sought you. I became weary and I labored. O Lord my God, my sole hope, help me to believe and never to cease seeking you. Grant that I may always and ardently seek out your countenance. Give me the strength to seek you, for you help me to find you and you have more and more given me the hope of finding you. Here I am before you with my firmness and my infirmity. Preserve the first and heal the second. Here I am before you with my strength and my ignorance. Where you have opened the door to me, welcome me at the entrance; where you have closed the door to me, open to my cry; enable me to remember you, to understand you, and to love you. Amen.” – Saint Augustine

Swim Back

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A couple days ago, Episcopalian priest Pontificator advised his Episcopalian readers
to flee
the ECUSA with great haste. He told them to join either the Orthodox or the
Catholic Church. Yesterday, an
Orthodox priest pleaded his case. Today, a
Catholic priest pleads his.

Father Addison Hart is a convert. Being a convert myself (though from the ELCA,
not the ECUSA), I’m usually pretty happy when someone crosses the Tiber. However,
every once in a while I wish some people would swim back. This guy is an – how shall
I say it? – uninspiring priest. He seems to have converted simply because the RCC
sucks less that the ECUSA. Here are some of my "favorite" bits of this
sad monograph.

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