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A year and a day

Today I had one of those sad duties that priests have to do every so often. I was present in a courtroom to watch someone being sentenced to one year and one day in jail after violating his probation. He is forty-some years old and I was sitting next to his 75 year old mother. A year ago I officiated at the funeral of his father. This past Sunday I officiated at the one-year memorial service of the... [Read more]

You mean the great O listens?

The headline reads, WHITE HOUSE MAY CAVE ON PUBLIC OPTION However, if you click on the link, you will find that it goes to a rather sedate Wall Street Journal article which has a different headline. The headline on that article is quite different. In fact, that article is a rather humdrum article that says that the current administration is signaling that it is not stuck on one particular plan for... [Read more]

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We need Osama to attack again?

To say that Father Orthoduck is somewhat surprised by this interview on CNN would be an understatement. Is this analyst really saying that we need Osama bin Laden to attack us again so that we will wake up and take stronger security measure than the ones we already have taken? Father Orthoduck is thoroughly hoping that in the heat of the moment he misspoke. Father Orthoduck is hoping that what he... [Read more]

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