"One filled with joy preaches without preaching." -- Blessed Mother Teresa
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"If you write for God, you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men, you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write only for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted, you will wish that you were dead." -- Thomas Merton, "New Seeds of Contemplation"
The Deacon's Pulpit
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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."
Your Humble Blogger
Holy Thursday, 2008
About the deacon
Deacon Greg Kandra
A Roman Catholic deacon serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, Greg Kandra is News Director for the diocese's cable channel, NET (New Evangelization Television.) Prior to that, Deacon Greg worked for 26 years as a writer and producer for CBS News, where he contributed to "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," "60 Minutes II," "48 Hours," (Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award) and "Sunday Morning." He was co-writer for the acclaimed documentary "9/11," hosted by Robert DeNiro. (Emmy Award, Christopher Award, Peabody Award, Writers Guild of America Award.) His radio essays were featured in the bestselling book "Deadlines and Datelines" by Dan Rather. He's also a two-time winner of the Catholic Press Association Award. Other places you may find him: AMERICA, U.S. CATHOLIC, CATHOLIC DIGEST, REALITY (Redemptorist Communications) and THE BROOKLYN TABLET. He also contributes homiletic reflections to the parish resource CONNECT!, published by Liturgical Publications. Deacon Greg grew up in Maryland (Go Terps!) but he and his wife today live in the beautiful borough of Queens, New York. He is assigned to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish in Forest Hills.
"A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. "
e.b. white
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
Charles kuralt
“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.”
Dorothy Day
"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."
2 comments:
I think what makes this ad so sweet is that this is not a set piece.
It is a photo snapped by a mom of her son who loves to 'play priest'.
They're both eye catching with a good message. I like 'em.
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