Brief Reflections on Today's Dual Canonizations

Good Pope John I just finished watching Reuter's short clip on the canonizations of John XXIII and John Paul II today. It made me feel more sad and alienated than anything else. Given my own prejudices, it seemed...

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Ressurection in Prague from Death to Life

From Death to Life in Prague St. Cyril and Methodius Czech Orthodox Church A wedding is going on in the background.  Spent this morning in prayer before the Eucharist in my home, then felt called...

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He is Risen and I am Moving

Beautiful lithograph drawing of Kutna Hora by Czech artist, Marie Brožová A glorious Easter day today in Prague, sunny, crisp, clear and a little cool (ooops it just started to rain). Yesterday, I took a bus ride to...

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The Great Tribulation

Holy Thursday  Eve Thanks to William Lindsey at Bilgrimage for the link to a profound meditation by Waldemar Boff,  the brother of Liberation Theologian, Leonardo Boff, entitled When the Great Tribulation...

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SWAAG

A bit of whimsy for these dark days - thanks to one of my Czech students, 14 year old Honza. Not much to cheer about in the Catholic Church these days (see here) or in the world at large, environmental disaster pending,...

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