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Like a block party – get it? I know there are a lot of local bloggers in the Washington DC Metro area and one that I know of whose heart is here most of the time even though she lives a couple of states away. We should have a gathering this summer. Now we just have to work out the logistics. Who is with me?

but I have to figure out how I am going to post it without using the parish name. It’s still a somewhat touchy situation and I don’t wish to create any difficulty for the reader and members of the parish. I’ll try to post later today.

He’s articulate, funny, insightful, and inspiring.

Two sayings that we used to have in the seminary come to mind. First, “These hands were made for chalices, not callouses.” This is the attitude of many priests unfortunately who were ordained to be served, not to serve. And frankly. serving is hard, growing in virtue is hard. No wonder the Latin root of virtue is “vir” meaning man. It takes toil to grow in holiness, in virtue – and this is what the priesthood is all about, growth in ones own virtue and helping others to do the same. It takes callouses to get there. Then there is “It is the cross, not the couch.” It is easy for priests and bishops to fall into a couch-centered spirituality. Heck, it is easy for me – I don’t like to suffer. But I know that this attitude leads to a softness, a weakness that is not fitting for a priest.

His internal links are not working but don’t miss the posts called “The Priest I Want,” “Vestments for Women,” and “A Priest Forever.”

Kathryn Lively of Come On, Get Lively has set up a webring for virtual parish. We signed up and added the navigation bar to our blogs section. Now we need an opt-in mailing list, online Mass cards, St. Blog’s coffee cups, perhaps an authentic Marian apparition.