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March 2017

March 29, 2017

Prayer Isn’t About God

Prayer, modern people think it's about God. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Praying is difficult to understand, because we...

March 06, 2017

True Lent Humility Starts with the Realization That You’re Divine

The first Sunday before Lent has an exotic name "Quinquagesima Sunday," which only means...

March 01, 2017

Don’t Give Up For Lent

To the outsider the season of Lent might seem like an irrational outbreak of Pelagianism....

February 2016

February 17, 2016

Who Needs ISIS When Western Intellectuals Advocate Killing Newborns?

The threat of ISIS to Western Civilization is overblown. The Syrian conflict and its consequences...

February 10, 2016

God is with Humankind Right Down to the Cellar of Creaturely Existence

Thanks to “the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and His transformation of human existence...

April 2015

April 09, 2015

So You Think Moses Can’t Liturgical Dance? Forget #SalonChristianitySecrets!

Twitter might be abuzz with #SalonChristianitySecrets inspired by a Religion Dispatches piece on Holy Saturday...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Rahner’s Biblical Notion of Anonymous Christianity During Holy Week

Holy Week is the most sacred holiday on the Christian calendar. It commemorates the final...

March 25, 2015

For Catholicism the Spirit is the Root of Evil not the Body!

March 25th is the Feast of the Annunciation. This commemorates the day when God took...

March 03, 2015

Even Demons Believe: Converting the World Will NOT Make Everyone Holy

Last week I wrote about the one novel you need to read this year. Now...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

Repentance is the Daughter of Hope and the Refusal to Despair

An excerpt from Archbishop Sartain's A Lenten Pilgrimage that hits all the right notes: Every Lent...

February 19, 2015

Cardinal Burke Dissents: Ashed Foreheads are a Sign of Feminization

This post might be labeled "comedy," but it's serious. Its seriousness flows from a frivolous...

February 18, 2015

What Does The Wolf of Wall Street Teach Us About Faith and Lent?

Scorsese caught a lot of flack for The Wolf of Wall Street. The critics said...

February 16, 2015

Forget the Classics: What New Theology Books Ought You Read This Lent?

If developing a challenging reading regiment is part of your Lent practice, then you are in...

February 13, 2015

Carnival is Getting off the Ground: Stoop Down & Meet St. Puke!

I've been catching up on reading of late. It's part of my effort to deepen...

February 04, 2015

Last Temptation of Christ & American Christian Responses to ISIS

The season of Lent is almost upon us. We are traditionally invited to practice ascesis. That...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

Holy Saturday: Death is Here to Teach us Something

Yesterday I happened upon a PBS interview with the poet Christian Wiman author of the acclaimed...

April 18, 2014

A Non-Triumphant Descent Into Hell with Hans Urs von Balthasar

I'm usually a few days (or a few months behind) on almost everything I do....

April 17, 2014

Catholiclandia: Solidarity Means Carrying One Another's Burden

Maundy Thursday usually has people twittering about whose carefully cultivated stinky feet will get...