Missing: a sense of urgency

By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Nov 28, 2018

In Rome, a friendly reader reports, they’re saying that the house is burning down, and the firemen are coming—in February.

And that’s the good news. The bad news is that the firemen won’t bring pumps or hoses or ladders or axes. Or water. Kerosene, maybe.

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

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Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Our Lady of Lourdes

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Today is Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes today, marking the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. Between February 11 and July 16, 1858, the…

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