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...seeing steadily for 15 years. Friends say she has calmed down the frenetic Brown and given his sense of humor a beta boost. Brown, a Catholic, organized the ceremony, chose the medieval chants, cleared the whole thing with Rome and held the private service in the same San Francisco parish in which his parents were married. When I ask the obvious question--"So, how's married life?"--his reply is pure, distilled, 100-proof Brown: "It's a good thing. There is a certainty, a finality about it. I was very conscious that it was a vow, and I liked...
...live their faith on a daily basis. Anyone can do so without joining an esoteric group. One simply has to attend to the daily liturgy of the church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish-no self-flagellation required. (The Rev.) Tom Zelinski Marathon, Wisconsin...
...days before Katrina struck, B-Stupid Harris was in the parish jail--again--accused of shooting a man to death in Central City, a neighborhood between the Superdome and the Garden District, three months before. It was a familiar scenario. As a juvenile, Harris was arrested more than a dozen times, according to the Houston Chronicle. When he was 16, he was charged with killing a 24-year-old in the courtyard of a housing project. A grand jury indicted Harris as an adult on first-degree murder charges, but then two years went by while the court considered...
...live their faith on a daily basis. Anyone can do so without joining an esoteric group. One simply has to attend to the daily liturgy of the church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish - no self-flagellation required. Perhaps that is too simple, similar to the injunctions in The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which remind us that we treat Jesus as we treat one another. (The Rev.) Tom Zelinski Marathon, Wisconsin, U.S. As a longtime member of Opus Dei who was interviewed for Time...
...puzzling that people join Opus Dei to live their faith on a daily basis. Anyone can do so without joining an esoteric group. One simply has to attend church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish--no self-flagellation required. Perhaps that is too simple, similar to the injunctions in The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which remind us that we treat Jesus as we treat one another. (THE REV.) TOM ZELINSKI Marathon...