Yikes... sometimes I forget how good I've got it. The celebrant of the mass I usually attend is Philip Hannan, former Archbishop of New Orleans. He is 90+ years of age, but is in remarkably good health (doesn't even wear reading glasses). His length of service and extraordinary experiences (he was Chaplain to the 82nd Airborne Division, making a number of parachute jumps into Normandy, Holland, etc.) make his homilies interesting and educational.
This past Sunday, his homily was not a strained comparison of the Gospel reading with Cindy Sheehan's twisted crusade... it was about the conversion of Bruno Cornacchiola, an Italian communist who had been vehemently outspoken against the Church. The Archbishop's voice had a definite tinge of contempt as he spoke about the communists and atheists that had seized power in many of Italy's cities just after the war.
Like I said, I feel very fortunate.
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