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Tag Archives: prayer
Pope Leo XIV: Surgery Today
Update: October 13, 2026, 11:12 p.m. Minnesota time. Pope Leo XIV is out of surgery. He’s short part of his right lung, but otherwise okay. This is good news, but I figure prayer is still a good idea. At the … Continue reading
“A Peace We Do Not Have to Solve”
Stuff happens: which is hardly an original thought. Sometimes we could have avoided whatever happened. Sometimes: like I said, stuff happens. And would have happened no matter what we did. How we react to what happens, that’s something we can … Continue reading
A Quick Look: Prayer, Performance, Perspective
It’s been another ‘one of those weeks’, so I’m sharing a Bishop Fulton Sheen video (from a family retreat in the 1970s, I gather), talking about whatever comes to mind, and calling it a day. One thing Bishop Sheen mentioned … Continue reading
Charged: a Priest in My Diocese
No matter how it turns out, this is not good news. And it’s uncomfortably close to home. “Minnesota priest accused of sexual abuse, threatening woman” Bring Me The News (December 8, 2025) “A Minnesota priest is accused of sexually abusing, … Continue reading
Another Dead American: This Time in Utah
Here we go again. Another politically active American dead: killed, this time, while answering questions on a college campus. My wife tells me he’s left behind a wife and five children. [update Sept. 10, 2025 9:15 p.m. Central: seems it’s … Continue reading
