{"id":7082,"date":"2011-01-02T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2011-01-09T21:31:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T03:31:10","slug":"reflections-on-a-golden-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/02\/reflections-on-a-golden-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on a Golden Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theswag.org.au\/2010\/12\/reflections-on-an-ordination-golden-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reflections on a Golden Anniversary<\/a>&#8221; from <em>The Swag, <\/em>the magazine of the National Council of Priests of Australia, Eric Hodgens reflects on his years of priestly ministry, and the difficulties many priests of his generation feel about the currect direction of the Roman Catholic Church. His sharp, provocative words provides some context for the missal controversy. 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