Author: John Schultz

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First we have all the news stories about women getting “ordained” to the priesthood.
Now we get the stories about their first “Mass.”
When do we get to start calling the story writers “reporters” or the papers that publish them “news outlets?”

Lebanese Catholic expresses solidarity with Israeli soldiers
TEL AVIV, Israel (CNS) — Sharbel Salameh, a Maronite Catholic and Lebanese refugee living in Hadera, Israel, grew up thinking Israeli soldiers were the good guys. Salameh said he remembers his father’s stories about when his family was still in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1982, and Israel was trying to evict the PLO. “We brought the Israeli soldiers flowers, threw rice on them, a symbol of blessings, and sang them songs,” he told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview Aug. 3. Later the family moved to Klayaa near the south Lebanese army base in Marj Uyun. The army worked to prevent Hezbollah outposts from growing near the Israeli border, but things changed in May 2000 when Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon. Pressured by Syria and Hezbollah, the Lebanese government endorsed Hezbollah’s claims that Israel still occupied Lebanese land even after Israel’s withdrawal. Salameh and his family of five, along with 7,000 Maronites, other Christians, Muslims and Druze, fled Lebanon, seeking political asylum in Israel. Salameh, 24, said he doesn’t agree with a Beirut Center for Research and Information report that said 80 percent of Christians in Lebanon support Hezbollah, as reported July 28 by The Christian Science Monitor. “There is no way. This makes me angry,” Salameh said. “None of my friends in Lebanon support the Hezbollah.

Reuters: “You’re fired!”
Be sure to click on photo on the right side.
And LGF has full details (scroll down.)

My choir sang this anthem by Gabriel Faure today. In French. We had about 20 singers, including my twin the seminarian. And they did an outstanding job.

Word of God the most high, our sole hope,
eternal day of the earth and heavens
as we break the silence of the peaceful night
divine saviour, look down upon us.
Imbue us with the fire of thy great mercy
so that hell itself will flee at the sound of your voice
disperse the sleep which leads our languishing souls
to stray from the path of righteousness.
O Christ show your favour to your faithful people
who have come together to worship you
receive the praises that they offer up to your immortal glory
and may they come back laden with the gift of your grace.