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This Hallowed Soil
Which is more valuable: the soil that became man or the soil into which he is blended?
By John M. Grondelski | November 1st 2023 1:09 PMThen the LORD God formed the man out of the dust of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being (Genesis 2:7).
One hundred and sixty years ago this November 19, Abraham Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg about hallowed… READ FULL BLOG POST'Food for the Crows'
The measure of a society's humanity is what it does to its dead
By John M. Grondelski | April 11th 2023 12:43 PMThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine issued a document in the last days before Easter, “On the Proper Disposition of Bodily Remains.” Its topic was what a Catholic should do with the postmortem remains of a human being. It's timely in this Easter period. The document was…
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