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January 2016

January 12, 2016

In Pursuit Of Virtue

I have a scheduled Holy Hour on Tuesday evenings at my parish's Perpetual Adoration chapel....

December 2015

December 08, 2015

Solemnity Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

"Thus, through the offspring of a woman, God himself will triumph. Goodness will triumph. That...

December 04, 2015

“The Nine: Overcoming ISIS” – Video Of Christian Refugees From Mosul

A friend of mine emailed me the following video, in which nine refugees describe their experiences during and...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

An Idea For The Pew Research Center

Conduct a study to determine the percentage of Catholics who tend to say "Have faith!", or "Trust in the Holy Spirit!"...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Communion For The Divorced & Remarried: The Parable People Are Forgetting

A parable has been forgotten amidst the talk and chatter concerning whether the Church should allow divorced...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

OMG!!! Justin Bieber Is, Like, Totes A Theologian!!!

Seems like pop mega and mega heart throb Justin Bieber has found Jesus. In...

September 24, 2015

Funny Vid By Lutheran Satire: “I’m A Christian, But I’m Totally Not…”

Earlier this month, Buzzfeed produced a lame video (do they ever produce any non-lame video?)...

September 07, 2015

“Christ Came to Justify, And Not To Render Justice…”

Servant of God Madeleine Delbrel continues to rock my spiritual world. I've written previously about...

August 2015

August 07, 2015

Do Catholics Need Therapy When They Have Sacraments?

A reader left the following comment last week, and I've been meaning to blog on...

July 2015

July 26, 2015

St Paul Street Evangelization – Sharing The Gospel, On The Streets

This is how the New Evangelization gets done: one on one, interpersonal contact with live...

July 22, 2015

“God Isn’t Boring” Is A Solipsism, Not A Reason For Faith

I drive by this billboard - I guess it could be called a billbored - every...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

10 Things That Won’t Be In Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’

Guaranteed. First off, I haven't read any translation of the leaked draft of the upcoming encyclical....

June 04, 2015

I’m Still Catholic Because I’d Be Worse Anywhere Else

Why am I still Catholic? It's a great question. Fellow Patheos bloggers much wiser, smarter,...