Deacon Bob Yerhot serves the diocese of Winona, Minnesota. He has dedicated his life to the service of his family and the Catholic Church. He has studied philosophy, classical humanities, theology and social work at St. Mary’s College (now University) Winona, Minnesota, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Quote for the Day
“Live always in truth, that you may die in obedience.” — St. Francis of Assissi Obedience to the truth always leads to freedom and beatitude. Thus, the importance of always knowing the truth, directing ourselves to it, and choosing it … Continue reading
“Eating is a Moral Act”
Log on to www.ncrlc.com/tabletalk.html This is the website for the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. You will find there “Ethics of Eating” that is worth your while to read. I will quote a short piece from it below. “Eating is … Continue reading
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Conscience Clauses and President Obama
The USCCB is reporting that President Obama has promised to support conscience clauses in health care facilities. There had been concern that conscience clauses that exist would have been eliminated with the current administration, putting thousands of Catholic health care … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics and Morality, Politics
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St. Philip Neri
Today is the memorial of St. Philip Neri. He was born in 1515. He went to Rome where he began working with the youth and gave himself to a truly Christian life. He founded a religious association to assist the … Continue reading
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Thank you
Retreat is over. Always a little difficult to come back to the daily routines of life after spending days on retreat. My time away was much needed, and quite rewarding. Deacon Ken Piechowski from the diocese of Cleveland was our … Continue reading
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Retreat Time
You won’t be seeing any posts here over the next five days or so. I will be on retreat. Keep me in your prayers as I place myself at the feet of the Lord and try to listen to him. … Continue reading
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Diaconal Kenosis and Theosis
“By the imposition of the bishop’s hands and the specific prayer of consecration, the deacon receives a particular configuration to Christ, the Head and Shepherd of the Church, who for love of the Father made himself the least and the servant … Continue reading
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St. Cyril of Alexandria and the Body of Christ
Some thoughts on the unity of the Body of Christ, the Church, are given today by St. Cyril of Alexandria. Good words to ponder when we think of the challenges to Church unity in contemporary society. My translation: “The power … Continue reading
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Notre Dame, one last time
I’d like to direct your attention to a post (Obama and ND - a last gasp) made by Deacon Scott Dodge over at www.scottdodge.blogspot.com He succinctly describes the basic issue for this whole affair, and he does so well. Kudos to Deacon Dodge.
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Quote for the Day
“My only concern is to carry out what God wants of me. In a word, I desire to be as perfect a likeness of my Lord Jesus Christ as I possibly can be.” — Bl. Didacus Joseph of Cadiz, OFM … Continue reading
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Pope Benedict and the Holy Land
The Holy Father, in his Regina Caeli address from the Vatican yesterday, made some interesting comments on the Holy Land which I would like to share with you. There is no official English translation, so here is mine from the … Continue reading
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Psalm 34(35)
Today’s Office of Readings asks us to pray Psalm 34(35). It is a prayer asking God to save us in times of persecution. The Italian translation offers some wonderful phrases that are very descriptive. My translation into English follows: Lord, … Continue reading
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Quote for the Day
“Let us desire nothing else, let us wish for nothing else, let nothing else please us and cause us delight except our Creator and Reedemer, and Savior, the one true God.” — St. Francis of Assissi
Another Bishop’s Response to the Notre Dame Problem
Bishop Samuel J. Aquila of the Diocese of Fargo wrote to Fr. Jenkins, president of Notre Dame on April 5, expressing his thoughts on President Obama’s invitation to speak and receive an honorary degree from Notre Dame in the next … Continue reading
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Pope Benedict and the Palestinians
The Holy Father visited Bethlehem today. He spoke of the rights of the Palestinian people and offered to them a challenge. I am quoting from the English original as reported by the Vatican website, www.vatican.va “Mr. President, the Holy See … Continue reading
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Homily for Friday’s Vespers
My homily for Vespers this Friday: God will give you glory, if you lend him your ears! That is the message I think we can take from tonight’s reading. (Heb. 5, 8-10) God gives glory to those who listen and … Continue reading
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A New Heavens and a New Earth
St. Gregory of Nyssa was speaking today of the new heavens and the new earth of Christianity. I have always likened that phrase to the Parousia, but St. Gregory has a different twist to it. In his Discourse on the Resurrection, … Continue reading
Life of the Church ala Pope St. Clement
The following is from Pope St. Clement’s letter to the Corinthians: “The strong should take care of the weak, the weak should respect the strong. The rich help the poor, the poor praise God for have given them help in … Continue reading
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Quote for the Day
“Give praise to Him because He is good; exalt Him by your deeds, for He has sent you into the whole world for this reason: that in word and deed you may bear witness to His voice and bring everyone … Continue reading
Another Interesting Article on Notre Dame
Thanks to a good friend, I read another article related to this debacle. This one is written by Rev. Robert A. Sirico in the National Review Online. It is listed as appearing on April 17, 2009. Fr. Sirico is president and co-founder of … Continue reading
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