Will the Wizards win 40 games this season? That would be 21 more than they won last season, more than doubling their win percentage. I was sorry to see Darius Songaila go. But the Wizards’ off-season trades have been excellent. I think they will play better-than-.500 ball and will contend for a playoff spot… …For [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Shakespeare Quotes of the Day
Posted in Books, Magazines, Movies, Music, etc., tagged Frank and Ernest, Much Ado About Nothing, toothache, William Shakespeare on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1. For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. –Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene i 2. If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing old signs: a’ brushes his hat o’ mornings; what should that bode?… And when was he wont to wash his [...]
Introduction to John 6
Posted in Holy Land, Homilies, tagged Ark of the Covenant, bread, Exodus, gospel, heaven, Holy Eucharist, Holy Land, hunger, Israel, John, John 6, Lord Jesus Christ, manna, Moses, Promised Land, Temple on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like all the chapters of all the gospels, the sixth chapter of John proclaims that the Messiah has come, and it is Jesus. It will help us to understand this chapter if we recall some of the great deeds the Lord did through His prophet Moses in ancient times. Through Moses, the Lord taught His [...]
Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn
Posted in Local Color, tagged 1918, All Saints Day, Brooklyn, crash, Fort Totten, Frederick Law Olmstead, June 22, Malbone, Metro, New York, Prospect Park, strike, Subway, Takoma, wreck on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It has been a month since the Monday evening that rattled me as much as I have been rattled in a long time. I think September 11, 2001, was the last time I sat in front of a televison in a state of such distress. The Washington Metro opened when I was a little boy. [...]
Speaking of Police…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged constable, Dogberry, Much Ado About Nothing, watch, William Shakespeare on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(the first 4:30…Dogberry’s precious expertise)
Parables and Parables
Posted in Homilies, tagged Field of Dreams, lessons, Little Engine that Could, Lord Jesus Christ, morality, morals, Nicene Creed on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I speak to them in parables, because they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand. (Matthew 13:13) There are a lot of great stories. Some of them teach important lessons. Like “If you build it, they will come.” But the parables of Christ are not like these. The parables [...]
Imagine My Amazement
Posted in Politics, tagged Cambridge, Harvard, Henry Louis Gates, liberal, Massachusetts, Neely Tucker, nominee, omnipresence, police, racism, racist, Richard Cohen, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Washington Post on July 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I have no choice but to admit that in the past two days, I have witnessed not one, but two miracles of liberal journalism. I. Don’t know if you heard how a professor at Harvard was arrested in his own house. He claims to be the victim of police racism. The first thing that occurred [...]
Status Update
Posted in Politics, Pro-Life, Sports, tagged Alveda King, dunk, Jordan Crawford, LeBron James, Nike, Speed Bump, status, Washington Post on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Preacher’s Status: Overwhelmed. …Here is Reason #1,865 why it is impossible to take the Washington Post seriously. A quote from one of today’s editorials: …The United States…is dealing with the omnipresent specter of another terrorist attack… Omnipresent specter? Would the word “threat” not suffice? Or even the phrase “constant threat?” Who hired someone from the [...]
Archbishop’s Decree
Posted in Priesthood, tagged Archbishop Donald Wuerl, decree, Holy Name, ihs, parish, pastor, St. Bernardine of Siena, Washington on July 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »
This is what His Grace handed me: For the welfare of the people of God, I appoint you, Reverend Mark D. White, pastor of Holy Name parish, Washington, D.C. I hereby commit to you the full pastoral care of souls in this parish…May God grant you the grace and health to carry out this charge [...]
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