tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post114859939229055584..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: O. P. Kretzmann Joy on AscensionWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148771363717508982006-05-27T18:09:00.000-05:002006-05-27T18:09:00.000-05:00Kretzmann was a great writer. When I worked in th...Kretzmann was a great writer. When I worked in the periodicals room in college, I read most of his columns in back issues of "The Cresset" and even copied a good chunk of them. I lost those copies somewhere, which I sorely regret.<BR/><BR/>Fr. CotaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148680312288252982006-05-26T16:51:00.000-05:002006-05-26T16:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, Mimi! We're preparing for a different kin...Thanks, Mimi! We're preparing for a different kind of "feast" today: my son's graduation party. As usual, my wife has everything under control. She's disgusting that way. Gotta love her! Pax!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148678815679530572006-05-26T16:26:00.000-05:002006-05-26T16:26:00.000-05:00A happy Feast Day to you, Pastor.A happy Feast Day to you, Pastor.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148654586573399242006-05-26T09:43:00.000-05:002006-05-26T09:43:00.000-05:00That little homily is a perfect example of what we...That little homily is a perfect example of what we mean when we refer to OP as 'Scholar-Saint'.<BR/><BR/>If you ever have a chance to rummage through the Chapel archieves, search out the ex corde homily he gave the afternoon that JFK was shot. It was tape recorded if memory serves.<BR/> <BR/>There was no prep time, within twenty minutes of being awakened from his after lunch nap, he walked into the already filled to overflowing, even out onto the lawns,<BR/>Chapel, no announcement, just the tolling carillon, to speak the words that called out to be spoken.<BR/>Fr HankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148649241657667462006-05-26T08:14:00.000-05:002006-05-26T08:14:00.000-05:00Fr. Hank,Blessed are your ears!!!Fr. Hank,<BR/><BR/>Blessed are your ears!!!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148648615767065912006-05-26T08:03:00.000-05:002006-05-26T08:03:00.000-05:00In one of his Senior Honors Seminars, which often ...In one of his Senior Honors Seminars, which often went late into the night, we sat on the floor at OP's feet in his office and heard him speak, not read, that very homily.<BR/>Never to be forgotten.<BR/>Thanks for posting it.<BR/>Fr. HankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1148611902641169632006-05-25T21:51:00.000-05:002006-05-25T21:51:00.000-05:00Wow. Somebody ought to reprint that book.Wow. Somebody ought to reprint that book.Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.com