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November 26, 2015

In an uncertain world, God is present

This home in Dundee, Wisconsin, U.S. was built by the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition show on ABC television.

Second Sunday of Advent (Year C) Dec. 6 (Baruch 5:1-9; Psalm 126; Philippians 1:3-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6)

Makeover shows are very popular on TV. The theme is always the same: an ugly, broken-down house is transformed into a beautiful dwelling. A shabbily dressed, poorly groomed individual is transformed into an attractive, even stunning, new person. Baruch prophesied the same sort of makeover for Jerusalem. We don’t know who actually wrote this work, and in fact, it is probably a compilation by several authors. It was attributed to Baruch the secretary of Jeremiah, but it was actually written much later, possibly in the second or first century B.C.

Published in Fr. Scott Lewis
July 18, 2015

‘Fish-out-of-water’ priest fodder for CBC comedy

Fr. Raju Chebattina, left, and Fr. Paul Batchilder of St. Mary’s Missionary Church in Souris, P.E.I.

Fr. Rajumr Chebattina got his 15 minutes of fame in early July when he was featured with Fr. Paul Batchilder on CBC’s new summer series, Still Standing.

Published in Arts News