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March 2017

March 01, 2017

Don’t Give Up For Lent

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

January 2017

January 19, 2017

Why’s it so Hard to Shut the Noise Out?

Is it possible to be quiet and silent on the flight to Egypt? I ask because I...

January 18, 2017

Have You Tried Shutting Up?

It is better to remain silent and to be than to talk and not be....

October 2015

October 13, 2015

Catholic Gore Galore on the Synod’s Sidelines

I've promised I'll keep away from commenting upon the Synod on the Family through my...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

How to Make the Rosary More Inclusive in 3 Easy Steps

One of the great blessings of the rosary is its repetitiveness. This repetitiveness fosters the...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

On Lent and the Martyred Copts: Can Water, Silence, and Desert Coincide?

Lent is the seasons of going off into the desert and facing temptation. In the...

February 25, 2015

Ida and Avoiding Silence at Any Cost

My initial reflections upon Ida concentrated upon the historical context of the film, about what...

October 2014

October 18, 2014

The Veils of Separation Drop

In a curious reversal of the Parable of the Good Samaritan I picked up an...