Merle Haggard was right: Honky-tonk heaven looks fun, but it feels like hell...

Merle Haggard And Rules For DiscernmentETIENNE: I wish to begin today’s entry with a salute to my classmates (1992) from the North American College.� Twenty one years ago today, we entered St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome for our deacon ordinations.� There, laying prostrate on the floor in the chapel of the Chair of St. Peter we gave our lives to the Lord for the service of His Church and people.� What a blessed walk of life and faith these twenty one years have been!� Please, God, may many more young men follow us as such ‘gentle, but ardent servants of the altar.’