It’s Not Just Christmas
Merry Christmas, Busted Halo readers! Now that Christmas has come and gone, we can look forward to those horrible Lexus commercials wrapping up, at least…
ordinary time
Why does the priest wear a purple stole both when performing an exorcism and hearing confessions and during Advent? Is there a link between confession and exorcism or the season of Advent?
The stole is a scarf that was used as a symbol of authority for Roman officials. It would be something like the badge that a…
Living Water
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time. We often find ourselves “digging our own wells” in search of our own individual “living water,” but then we have forgotten the very source of it all in the Lord. Preached on Thursday, July 24th, 2008, 12:15pm, St. Malachy’s Church, Broadway and 49th, Times Square, New York City.