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	<description>Connecting the dots between Catholic faith and culture</description>
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		<title>Happiness is an inside job &#8211; As seen in Scripture.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first reading for Tuesday&#8217;s daily mass there is a remarkable description of an event in the life of Paul and Silas. And, even more remarkable than the event itself is their reaction to it. Let&#8217;s pick up the story as told in Acts:
The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concerning Graciousness in Speech and Love for One Another &#8211; Yes, even on blogs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days I have never had to refuse to post so many comments.
It started last Thursday evening when I posted a reply to the President&#8217;s announcement that he now favored gay &#8220;marriage.&#8221; I opined that I thought his understanding of Jesus and his reading of the Christian moral vision was flawed because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archdiocese of Washington speaks out over choice of Kathleen Sebelius as Speaker at Georgetown University</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/archdiocese-of-washington-speaks-out-over-choice-of-kathleen-sibelius-as-speaker-at-georgetown-university/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=archdiocese-of-washington-speaks-out-over-choice-of-kathleen-sibelius-as-speaker-at-georgetown-university</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Washington, Bishop Barry Knestout forwarded the following editorial from the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese. He asked the we priests share it in any way we deem appropriate with the people of the Archdiocese. In this matter.
Many of you write me and ask when and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>44</slash:comments>
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		<title>On the Paradox of Love and Law &#8211; A Reflection on the Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 02:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the gospel today Jesus cuts right across the modern Western tendency to oppose Love and Law, Law and Joy. Though we oppose them, Jesus joins all three concepts and summons us to a new attitude. Lets take a look.
I. Connections - Jesus says, As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Have it All &#8211; As seen on T.V.</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/you-cant-have-it-all-as-seen-on-t-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the implicit messages in the advertisements we see is, in effect, &#8220;You are not adequate, you are not pretty enough, thin enough, healthy enough, popular enough, rich enough.&#8221; Further, &#8220;The world is a threatening and difficult place and you are not up to the task.&#8221; And then comes the pitch, &#8220;Buy our product [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The President, Gay unions, and the problem of selective Christianity</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/the-president-gay-unions-and-the-problem-of-selective-christianity/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-president-gay-unions-and-the-problem-of-selective-christianity</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/the-president-gay-unions-and-the-problem-of-selective-christianity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s disclosure that he now accepts so-called &#8220;Gay marriage&#8221; has received a good bit of political analysis. I am no political prognosticator and this is not a political blog. But when the President invokes Christ and the &#8220;golden rule,&#8221; to justify his decision, now I think we have something to discuss on a blog [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>129</slash:comments>
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		<title>Just an ordinary, daily word, yet a word that mystically reaches for the stars</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/just-an-ordinary-daily-word-yet-a-word-that-mystically-reaches-for-the-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then a word just catches your ear,  and several times in a day it jumps out at you and you&#8217;re tempted to say: &#8220;There it is again!&#8221;
Yesterday it was the word &#8220;consider&#8221;, an ordinary, daily word. Or is it? Why did it strike me so? 
With my knowledge of Latin,  it occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why four sets of Mysteries of the Rosary? Why not five or even seven?</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/why-four-sets-of-mysteries-of-the-rosary-why-not-five-or-even-seven/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=why-four-sets-of-mysteries-of-the-rosary-why-not-five-or-even-seven</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/why-four-sets-of-mysteries-of-the-rosary-why-not-five-or-even-seven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years Pope John Paul II added, very profitably I think, the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary as a way of extending our meditation on the Gospel as the rosary is prayed.
Some one well termed the Rosary, &#8220;The Gospel on a string.&#8221; For the faithful who pray it regularly, there is indeed the specific [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>139</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why are there not more miracles in our day as in Biblical times?</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/why-are-there-not-more-miracles-in-our-day-as-in-biblical-times/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=why-are-there-not-more-miracles-in-our-day-as-in-biblical-times</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/why-are-there-not-more-miracles-in-our-day-as-in-biblical-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 01:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith & Current Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a pastor I get asked every now and then, &#8220;Why are there not more miracles in our day, like there were in the Bible?&#8221; I suppose there are two answers we could explore.
One of the answers must surely be that we do not really expect miracles.
Another answer is that when they do happen we often [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Hidden, Mysterious, and Much Debated Word in the Our Father</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/a-hidden-mysterious-and-much-debated-word-in-the-our-father/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=a-hidden-mysterious-and-much-debated-word-in-the-our-father</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/a-hidden-mysterious-and-much-debated-word-in-the-our-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 23:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no doubt the most familiar prayer of all, the &#8220;Lord&#8217;s Prayer.&#8221; It is a prayer shared by and prized by all Christians. Few if any have not committed to memory. Yet hidden within the Lord&#8217;s prayer is a mysterious word that both Greek and Biblical scholars have little agreement over, or even a clear [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>If You Ever Leave Me, I&#8217;m Going With You. A Reflection on the Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Easter</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/if-you-ever-leave-me-im-going-with-you-a-reflection-on-the-gospel-for-the-5th-sunday-of-easter/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=if-you-ever-leave-me-im-going-with-you-a-reflection-on-the-gospel-for-the-5th-sunday-of-easter</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/if-you-ever-leave-me-im-going-with-you-a-reflection-on-the-gospel-for-the-5th-sunday-of-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 02:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Easter Season we continue to reflect on how the risen Lord Jesus minsters to us and supplies our needs. Last week we considered him as our Shepherd. This week we learn of how he is the Vine, and we are branches on the Vine, wholly dependent on remaining with him for everything.
The Lord [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>On the Problem of Departing to Another Love &#8211; As seen in a commercial</title>
		<link>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/on-the-problem-of-departing-to-another-love-as-seen-in-a-commercial/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=on-the-problem-of-departing-to-another-love-as-seen-in-a-commercial</link>
		<comments>http://blog.adw.org/2012/05/on-the-problem-of-departing-to-another-love-as-seen-in-a-commercial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 03:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Msgr. Charles Pope</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying, &#8220;If you&#8217;re climbing the ladder of success, many sure it is leaning up against the right wall.&#8221; For it is too often the case that we spend time amassing worldly treasure and success only to discover it cannot help us with our true problem, and may, in fact, have contributed [...]]]></description>
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