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I got an email from Veterans for Peace today. I’m still on their mailing list, but I haven’t paid my dues. I think that they are a good outfit. All of the members are United States Military veterans who spend time working for peace. I liked the graphic at the top of this post and … Read more

I’ve been reading Jim Wallis’ blog lately at Beliefnet and I’ve been enjoying what is there. Today he has a post about Sr. Helen Prejean’s reaction to the hanging of Saddam Hussein and last week’s executions. It’s worth your time to read and think about this. Follow this link. Technorati Tags: capital punishment hanging justice

Tonight I’ve listened to all the pundits spin the Republican and White House talking points that tell us why we’ve got to stay the course in Iraq. I couldn’t take it anymore. I had to write and so I put some prose together and sent it to the Olean Times Herald. That’s the big newspaper … Read more

This is a beautiful presentation and I hope you take a moment to watch this Pathways to Peace . This presentation of stunning photography and quotes by peacemakers encourages us to cultivate patience, charity, determination, gratitude, hope, and other qualities that pave the way for peace. peace

In the midst of a frightening world take a few minutes to enjoy this meditation.Click here. Technorati Tags:peace, meditation

Hence it becomes more and more difficult to estimate the morality of an act leading to war because it is more and more difficult to know precisely what is going on. Not only is war increasingly a matter for pure specialists operating with fantastically complex machinery, but above all there is the question of absolute … Read more

As I drove down the road from the Franciscan Mountain Retreat this morning I stopped at the intersection of Roberts and Weatherby roads to look at a little mountain stream that frequently catches my eye. Today its beauty was enhanced by the fresh coat of snow and a thin coat of ice on its surface. … Read more

The readings were rich today at Mass. Luke’s Gospel proclaims Jesus returning to Nazareth and standing up reading from Isaiah, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, … Read more

I really enjoy Stephen Colbert. Stephen has made a real name for himself in comedy. I think he’s very funny. I also learned perhaps six months ago that Stephen is also an Irish Catholic. My Mom raised me as an Irish Catholic. I think an Irish Catholic is similar to a Roman Catholic except that … Read more

The only purpose of the gospel is to reconcile people to God and to each other. A gospel that doesn’t reconcile is not a Christian gospel at all. But in America, it seems as if we don’t believe that. We don’t really believe that the proof of our discipleship is that we love one another … Read more