Category Archives: Religion

Good Friday Torture

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Monkling

This afternoon we went to the 3 p.m. service at Church. I wanted to get there early. I knew it would be packed but someone didn’t listen to me (I won’t mention his name but it’s that guy I’m married … Continue reading →

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Holy Thursday ’08

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Monkling

A first and a last. Tonight was the first time I was at Holy Thursday Mass all by myself. Okay, fine. I wasn’t exactly by myself but Stephen was waaaayyyy on the other side with the altar servers and deacons. … Continue reading →

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More Haiti Photos

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Monkling

I’m guessing not too many of you will be traveling to Haiti so I’m posting a couple more pictures. The sunset and the waterfalls were some of the really beautiful photos I stole from Steve (or whichever young man took … Continue reading →

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The Scary Phone Call

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Monkling

A few weeks after my article was published the phone rang. It was the vocations director for our diocese. He said they were doing a show on the diocesan TV station about vocations. He’d be on it and they would … Continue reading →

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Seven and a Half

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Monkling

My 15 minutes of fame have to be divided up into 2 separate incidents. Technically it was the first one that got me the attention. The second, luckily, went pretty much unnoticed. A bit over 3 years ago, I wrote … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Monkling

My son is being kidnapped and taken over 4,000 miles away from me. Well he hasn’t been kidnapped yet. Not until July. And since he’s going to be 23 in June, I suppose he doesn’t really count as a kid. … Continue reading →

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Ash Wednesday ’08

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Monkling

Okay, what idiot posted a photo of food on my blog for all the world to see on day when I can’t eat? Oh, wait. That was me, wasn’t it? Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. … Continue reading →

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Happy Mardi Gras!

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Monkling

Since Lent begins tomorrow, I like the whole concept of partying the day before. Of course here in NY, there weren’t any Mardi Gras parades. Well there may have been but if there were, I didn’t hear of any. The … Continue reading →

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Quiet & Bullhorns

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Monkling

Today was a fairly quiet day. We had gone to a late movie last night, were up early today and didn’t feel like doing much. The dark, dreary day didn’t offer any encouragement for going out, either. I was basically … Continue reading →

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New Fathers

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Monkling

Heh, ya’ll thought I’m going to be talking about people who just had babies, didn’t you. Nope. It’s a father of a different sort. Yesterday 8 men in our diocese were ordained and today those newly ordained priests had their … Continue reading →

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