Quotes
- "Jesus' preferential love of the poor and marginalized was courageous, not timid, and so must we also be if we are to be his faithful servants."
- "Today it is obvious that to the extent that we allow our intervention in Iraq to degenerate into nothing more than the disordered pursuit of power, possessions, pleasure or prestige, the sacrifices of our soldiers will be in vain." - 3rd Sunday of Lent, Yr B Preached at St. Benedict parish, Subiaco, AR and Holy Redeemer parish, Clarksville, AR on March 15, 2009, both times in the context of a mass in which teenagers receive the sacrament of Confirmation.
- "And let’s not forget that his victims weren’t poor people, most were already rich people who wanted to get a whole lot richer and so were taken in by Madoff’s promises, which were by all accounts too-good-to-be-true. Gullible investors blinded by their own pursuit of possessions…and the power, pleasure and prestige that money can buy." - 3rd Sunday of Lent, Yr B Preached at St. Benedict parish, Subiaco, AR and Holy Redeemer parish, Clarksville, AR on March 15, 2009, both times in the context of a Mass in which teenagers receive the sacrament of Confirmation.
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