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October 2013

October 22, 2013

How to Grow Up

You never really learn something on first exposure. You have to see it twice...and the...

October 22, 2013

Why I Like St. Dominic

My latest post at CatholicMom.com, which I keep forgetting to link to: Why I like...

October 21, 2013

As Catholic as the Pope

Some while back I told one of my sisters in the Dominican Laity that I...

October 20, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Hunger

I do not often resemble the following scriptures: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst...

October 14, 2013

How Tom Prays the Rosary

As a Lay Dominican, I'm supposed to pray five decades of the Rosary every day...

October 14, 2013

It’s (Mostly) All Good

So, you may ask: this blog is a Catholic blog, on the Catholic Channel at...

October 13, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Respond

Reprinted from my old blog. The first thing to do in pursuing the interior life...

October 11, 2013

Love First

I'm linking to Calah's post because I need to hear it myself, not because I'm...

October 10, 2013

The Incarnation is the Revelation

What Tom said: The Incarnation is not something the Son did in order to be...

October 10, 2013

Christianity in Three Books

Rod Dreher has asked his readers to pick three books about Christianity to recommend to...

October 10, 2013

All the World’s a Stage

In a play, the actors don't speak to the audience they way they do to...

October 07, 2013

Religion *Is* a Relationship

Leah Libresco says that time spent on religious activities isn't time taken away from your...

October 07, 2013

Fumbly, Stumbly, Wooly-headed, Thick-tongued Prayers

Prayer is a massive, wonderful, frightening thing. God is there and wants to hear from...

October 06, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life

This is a the first post in a series that appeared on my old blog...

October 05, 2013

The Most Difficult Saint to Know

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Francis. Sts. Dominic and Francis were contemporaries, and...

October 01, 2013

Dissent Detectors

In Jennifer Fitz's truly excellent reflection on Pope Francis' recent series of interviews, she said...

October 01, 2013

The Oak and the Apple

My younger son is preparing for confirmation. The program this year is more involved than...