It's Not a Private Fight. STAND UP!

Friday -- September 15, 2023

Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

An Irishman walks down the street. He sees a fight between two men and walks over and taps one on the shoulder and says “is this a private fight or can anyone join?“

30 years ago, while in Rome, I went to dinner in a German restaurant with an Irish-American from Chicago. 

The Chicagoan was Rev. Kevin O’Rourke, O.P., who had…