The Deacon's Bench: Because it's August again

I first posted this item last summer. Judging from what I see at mass, maybe it's time for a refresher.

So here:

Bulletin Announcements I'd Like To See.

Welcome

Feel free to make yourself at home. This little enterprise will be a place for news about deacons, the Catholic Church, and various thoughts on the art of preaching. I hope it will give off more light than heat, and provoke both thought and prayer. I'll also post some of my homilies, delivered from the pulpit of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church in Forest Hills, New York.

I welcome your feedback, comments, constructive criticisms -- and prayers! Thomas Merton wrote: "To write is to pray," and it's my wish to make of these writings a kind of prayer, too -- a hymn of praise and thanksgiving, a quiet canticle to The Word.

If you choose to leave a comment, the ground rules are simple: no slander, profanity, racism, sexism or name-calling. Violators will be deleted. I reserve the right to moderate comments, if necessary, or even shut them down. E-mails are also fair game for publication, unless you specifically ask otherwise. The guiding principle should be: WWJB? "What Would Jesus Blog?"

I hope you like reading these pages as much as I do writing them. And I hope that this effort will reap the fruits of the beautiful prayer said over me at my ordination:

"Receive the gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become.
Believe what you read,
teach what you believe,
and practice what you teach."

The Deacon's Bench

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Because it's August again

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