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Month: June 2012

SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD

Despite mounting pressure to end it, 38 states still have the death penalty. Most of these states allow a last meal for condemned prisoners. The “last supper” is a tradition that dates back to ancient Greece. A few prisoners have unselfishly ordered their large last meal to be shared with other death row inmates. Most…
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06.17.12

Bulletin

MOST HOLY TRINITY

Mountains challenge us to climb them. We’ve now conquered them all, even the highest mountain in the world. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, 29,020 feet above the earth. Maybe mountaintops are special because there you can find the solitude necessary to encounter God.…
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LENT

PENTECOST

We’ve all been warned to be careful what we ask for, because we just might get it. A birthday cartoon shows a woman blowing out the candles on her cake. She makes her wish: “I wish that I would stop aging.” The next frame shows her splayed out on the floor, dead in an instant.…
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