Next to soccer, I’ll wager basketball is the most popular game in the world. Kids can play it anywhere. You don’t need a massive field and expensive equipment. You can put up two hoops in a vacant lot and bring out a neighborhood for a skills competition. The game has been adopted in Asia. Kim Jong Un is a huge basketball fan. It’s a game popular on every continent save Antarctica, where it’
This morning I’ll go to mass and listen to a homily I won’t remember Tuesday. It’s a rare homily I remember for more than a few days. “Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?” is about all I can recall by mid-week. There are sermons in Roman Churches and the definition between sermon and homily I’m told are some finer points...