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What I Have Seen And Heard for January 6, 2011
January 6, 2011Frequently, matters come to my attention through my unexpected contact with our folks that linger with me for a very long time. Recently one of those types of issues was presented to me in the form of a comment from a lady outside of our Cathedral, and it touched me deeply. She lamented the lack […]
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Frank Capra Films Endure, As He Found His Vocation
December 23, 2010If you haven’t already, you’ll watch it again this year, probably. There it will be on late night television, or on a cable marathon, or perhaps brought out again from its battered VHS clamshell box or DVD case. You’ll watch James Stewart as George Bailey contemplate suicide on Christmas Eve, and you’ll delight in seeing […]
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Wilton Gregory Sr., Archbishop’s Father, Dies
December 23, 2010Wilton Daniel Gregory Sr., father of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, died Dec. 8 after an extended hospital stay. He was 82. Archbishop Gregory will celebrate a memorial Mass for his father on Monday, Jan. 17, at 1 p.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. At the time of his death, Mr. Gregory was […]
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Prepare A Place To Receive The True Gift
December 23, 2010The angel said to the shepherds, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.” One of my childhood traditions is to decorate […]
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Telling The Christmas Story
December 23, 2010This may be the first year in a long time that I have not written Christmas cards. It is not that I have lost interest. I am running out of time. We are busy here at the monastery, especially with the shipping of the Christmas gifts. There seems to be more to do this year, […]
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Settling A Score With Santa
December 23, 2010Dear Santa: I hope you remember me. I’m the one who used to write you from that little turquoise house in southwest Miami, asking for the exact same thing every year. Yes, it was a pony. Frankly, Santa, I don’t know why I asked for a pony. We certainly didn’t have room in our yard […]
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Caroling Still Brings Peace On Earth
December 23, 2010On a cold, clear, dark Friday night in December, our parents sent us out. With flashlights in our mittened hands and our feet securely stuffed into our red snow boots, we set out. My sister, brother and I crunched along through the frozen snow and ice for several blocks to Kenwood Elementary School in Columbus, […]
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Yes, Virginia, There Is A Spiritual Side To Santa Claus
December 23, 2010From time to time I have been accused by some of my friends, “You seem to see God revealing Himself in many different life situations.” Well, I must confess, often I do. It is a firm conviction of mine that God has planted deep in each of us a special seed, which sprouts into a […]
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Notable
December 23, 2010A cardboard city was built outside St Michael Church, Gainesville, recently as the parish’s Life Teen and Edge youth groups slept outside to better understand poverty and how to help those in the parish and community suffering economic hardship. More than 40 teenagers gave up their beds with overnight temperatures in the 30s for the […]
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Simpler, Peaceful Christmas Revealed In A Manger
December 23, 2010Those of us who are older can recall memories of Christmases past where there was less business, less noise, less complexity. Nostalgically, we long in vain for a return of that kind of Christmas. I can recall wonderful, peaceful memories of Christmas at home in Alabama with family and close friends, and at church. Memories […]