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Homeless veterans

6 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

I went to a presentation this mid-day that left me quite surprised. I live in Brevard County, Florida. We have the third largest population of homeless veterans in the country. The largest population of homeless veterans is found in San Diego, the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: musings, sociology

The customer is not always right!

5 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

There are days when I feel like an old curmudgeon. This is one of them.When did we decide that the customer is always right? And, have we ever considered what it has done to us and what it says to us about how we consider people who serve us and what … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: morality, pastoral

The Transfiguration

3 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

As we look at the Transfiguration, we often tend to look only at certain parts of the event. We see our Lord Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the Old Testament, the Apostle of the Church, the High Priest of the New Covenant, and many other titles … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: Bible, fasting, Old Testament

House prices

2 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Nationally, the average price of a house in any given area is about 4 to 5 times the average income of that area. If the average goes higher than that, then the houses start pricing themselves out of the range that can be bought by the average person … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: musings, politics, sociology

Se habla español

2 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

A veces no entiendo la antipatía que algunos en este país muestran en contra el hablar español en público. Sé que una vez recién tuve la experiencia, en un empleo seglar, de estar hablando en castellano con una obrera de otra sección. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: Cuban, culture, spanish

Hummus recipe

2 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

Just in time for fasting season, follow this link to an easy-to-make Hummus recipe by Fr. Peter-Michael Preble. If you enjoy it, leave a comment on his blog please. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: fasting, food

Guayabera Clergy shirt

1 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 11 Comments

The Almy company (http://www.almy.com/) makes what they call a Panama shirt. I would call it a guayabera (as would a Phillipine). Unless I remember wrongly, the difference between a Panama shirt and a Guayabera is that the Guayabera has two lower … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: clerical, clothing, Cuban

Fasting for the Dormition

1 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

What we call fasting among the Orthodox is called abstinence among Protestants. Abstinence is the abstaining from certain foods, which is what we do during our fasting periods. Fasting, for Protestants, is not only abstaining, but going the next step … [Continue reading]

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Christian Music to World of Warcraft

1 August 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto 3 Comments

So, here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdqsnGUtQV8 is a link to a YouTube video. It features the song Rebirthing by a Christian group named Skillet, but the video is done using World of Warcraft characters. Quite a creative way for Christian teens … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: evangelism, teens, video

Archbishop Demetrios’ Keynote Address

31 July 2008 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios' Keynote full address to the 39th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress is found at http://www.clergylaity.org/pdf/CLC08-Keynote.pdf.I am quite excited by Archbishop Demetrios' keynote address, particularly when he says, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: uncategorized Tagged With: culture, evangelism

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