Is The Patience Of The

One Cannot Escape The Harsh Fact That As A Ministerial Profession, The Priesthood Has Very Serious Problems. They Are Not New. They Did Not Develop Yesterday Or Last Year.

We Are Born With Two Incurable Diseases, Life, From Which We Die, And Hope, Which Says Maybe Death Isn't The End.

In God, The Characteristics Of Men And Women That We Admire In Men And Women Are Combined. That's Been A Traditional Catholic Teaching That God Is The Combination Of Opposites.

I Wouldn't Say The World Is My Parish, But My Readers Are My Parish. And Especially The Readers That Write To Me. They're My Parish. And It's A Responsibility That I Enjoy.

It Should Be No Surprise That When Rich Men Take Control Of The Government, They Pass Laws That Are Favorable To Themselves. The Surprise Is That Those Who Are Not Rich Vote For Such People, Even Though They Should Know From Bitter Experience That The Rich Will Continue To Rip Off The Rest Of Us.