{"id":1726,"date":"2005-10-03T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/what-you-heard.html"},"modified":"2005-10-03T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-03T09:54:00","slug":"what-you-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/what-you-heard.html","title":{"rendered":"What you heard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, one more post, then two solid hours of writing, at the end of which I will emerge with an intro. I will. I will. I will.<\/p>\n

Go down and read, and contribute to "What did you hear." Don’t discuss though – it’s really not a discussion post. This one will be though. I was struck, in general, by the number of strong pro-life homilies people heard. I was also struck, not so positively, by the scene from a comment by Ian (whom I met in Philly, incidentally):<\/p>\n

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The priest spoke on prayer – distinguishing between "praying" and "saying prayers" in the spirit of St. Francis’ attempt to live Jesus’ command to "pray constantly." He exhorted us to "talk to God" in an everyday way throughout the day, even speaking aloud when we’re driving. Nice, except he also said that prayers from prayer books were not genuine since the words were not our own. To be fair though, he did say that such prayers were still pleasing to God. I think he should have left that part ("…not genuine…") out. All and all a pretty good Mass, but not a hint of explicit "Pro Life" message.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I could pick that apart on countless different levels, but what struck me was….what did this homily have to do with the Scripture readings?<\/a> Nada. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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