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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everything Sacred.<\/strong> This is a scene from 1997-98 TV series <em>Nothing Sacred.\u00a0 <\/em>The excellent series about Chicago parish priests was, IMHO, misnamed out of a misguided attempt to sound edgy. As this, one of my favorite scenes from the show, demonstrates, it should have been called <em>Everything Sacred<\/em>. In it, Fr. Ray (Kevin Anderson), joined by Fr. Leo (Brad Sullivan), recites a version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourcatholicprayers.com\/st-patricks-breastplate.html\">traditional Catholic prayer St. Patrick’s Breastplate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Everything Sacred. 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