Noblesse Oblige
Bishop Kelly
August 22, 2014
The French have a wonderful language. Not only does it sound good, but it is also economical. That is, one can say something in two French words that may take ten words to say in English. One of those two-word phrases is “noblesse oblige.” Noblesse …
Pope Pius X
August 21, 2014
One hundred years and one day ago, on August 20th, 1914, Guiseppe Sarto, who was Pope Pius X, died. He was the first pope elected in the 20th Century. Also the last pope to have been a parish priest- all the others had either been …
Bad News, Good News
August 20, 2014
This is a “bad news, good news sermon.” The bad news is that things are seriously wrong in the world right now. Take three examples: the wars in the Middle East (which we will return to in a moment); or the Ebola virus epidemic in …
