Whatever Happened to the 1st Amendment?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by mlbuckley

Here in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, our Archbishop, Robert Carlson, has written a pastoral letter which is to be read in every parish.  The topic is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that all employers, including Catholic employers provide insurance coverage for artificial birth control, abortion, and the morning-after abortion pill. [...]

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3rd Friday of Lent–Any Questions?

Posted on April 1, 2011 by mlbuckley

“Hear, O Israel!  The Lord our God is Lord alone!  ’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. ‘  The second is this:  ’You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ When the scribe in today’s Gospel agreed with the [...]

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The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted on January 24, 2010 by mlbuckley

Listen to the Podcast OK, admit it. When you come to mass and you see that there’s a choice between a long reading and a short reading, you hope that we use the short one. Even though the longer reading may only take a minute more to read, there’s just something about the shorter one [...]

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The Holy Innocents

Posted on December 28, 2009 by mlbuckley

Listen to the Poscast. Imagine a political leader so self-absorbed yet so insecure that he chooses to kill all the babies in his kingdom to ensure that he kills the one who would be king.  That’s exactly what Herod did when he heard of the birth of the Messiah.  In spite of the fact that [...]

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