Saturday, May 31, 2008  Bless Me Father  Bless me Father, but
it's you who has sinned.  Remember that bit in the New Testament
about the house of prayer becoming a den of thieves? Pity that
you weren't more aware of Christ's teachings when Senator Barack
Obama saw to it that St. Sabina's got a government hand-out. You
donated to his campaign and the State of Illinois returned the
favor with interest. Not Christ-like, but remarkably in keeping
with the Chicago way of doing deals.  Maybe you dozed off at the
seminary when the lecture covered the wedding feast at Cana.
Maybe you've heard of it? It shows how much Jesus respected his
mother, who told him to solve the wine shortage and he didn't
argue with her. Pity that you missed it. You wouldn't have been
so quick to show utter disrespect for a woman by mocking her for
shedding a tear.  You may have a solid grasp of the Ten
Commandments, but the Seven Deadly Sins seem to have slipped
from your mind. Pride, to be sure, has been your downfall and
has damaged the r