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		<title>Saying Goodbye to my Dad, My Homily for his Funeral</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Permit me to share with you the homily I preached at my father’s funeral this morning: Holy Mother Church has been blessed with the example of Pope Francis these last three or so years. He has reminded us to never forget the downtrodden and especially the poor. Mother Theresa was famous for using her five [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Guest Post: A Seminarian Reflects on the Vocation to Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, the Church celebrates National Vocation Awareness week*. Here below is a post written by Louis Cona, a Pre-Theologian for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. “I saw and realized that love sets off the bounds of all vocations, that love is everything, that this same love embraces every time and every place. In one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This priest auditions for X-Factor Australia and stuns everyone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Want to prepare for the Papal visit?  Watch this!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friends, don’t miss this remarkable video “Pope Francis – The Man” with Cardinal Dolan and Fr. Matt Malone from America Media.  It’s a tremendous way to get hyped and prepared for the visit of the Holy Father to our country!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Parish Priest Reacts to the SCOTUS Same Sex Marriage Ruling</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr. Michael F. Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Permit me to share with you the statement released by my own bishop, Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre: Today’s wrongly decided decision by the United States Supreme Court does nothing to alter the truth on the meaning of Holy Matrimony, a sacrament given to us by Jesus Christ. Holy Matrimony is a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A First Mass Homily and The Gift of a New Priest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This was a glorious weekend.  On Saturday, my diocese saw five men ordained to the priesthood! My good friend, Fr. Andrew Garnett asked me to preach the homily at his first Mass.  It was a tremendous honor and privilege. Here below is the homily as prepared for delivery. The readings can be found here. Your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I&#8217;m Taking the #Biking4Vocations prayer challenge, Will You? UPDATED!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr. Michael F. Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 02:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  Friends, I’ve been following along as two priests and three seminarians travel from St. Augustine Florida to Rockville Centre, New York raising awareness for vocations to the priesthood.  They’ve been doing a fantastic job – check out their progress at http://biking4vocations.org and make sure to pray for them.  Any one that has been to one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Parish Started Offering THIS and What Happened Next Amazed Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I strongly believe that the best thing the Catholic Church has is the Holy Eucharist.  That Jesus Christ would leave behind himself for each and everyone of us continues to amaze me.  It is was drew me to the priesthood.  It is what continues to nourish me as a priest. A few weeks ago my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reconciliation Monday: Thousands Came, Thousands Were Saved</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I walked into the church at ten to three and already fifty people were waiting.  I went into the priest’s sacristy, took my coat off and put on my surplice and violet stole.  Walking into the church I could feel the eyes of everyone in the church looking at me, wondering where I would go [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watch: The Most Important Thing is Getting to Heaven!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr. Michael F. Duffy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 01:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Permit me to introduce you to one of the priests that has had the greatest influence in my life.  This great man eats, lives, and breathes the priesthood.  He was influential in helping me to accept my vocation to the priesthood, mostly because of his own zeal for souls.  These videos are brief, but they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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