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June 2014

June 06, 2014

“I wish to allow God to surprise me…”

So I'm here in Illinois, surrounded by cornfields and truck stops, in an oasis of...

June 04, 2014

Beautiful ways to say “You can make a difference”

From my blog neighbor Tony Rossi: Today we’re highlighting the top three winners in The...

June 03, 2014

“Don’t set yourself against your Mother!”

I grow weary. I'm weary of the fighting. The name-calling. The ad hominems. The sneers...

June 02, 2014

I’m sure there are tasteful ways to incorporate a newborn baby into a wedding. This isn’t one of them.

In a sling sewn into a wedding gown, being dragged down the aisle by the...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

The perils of celebrity priests

Over at Catholic Answers, Michelle Arnold has a thought-provoking piece about the perils of celebrity...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Intrinsic evil: what the Catholic Church teaches about torture

Over the last 24 hours, in the wake of the Sarah Palin NRA comments, I've...

April 16, 2014

“The sacred and profane collide on the Via Dolorosa”

Thousands of pilgrims walk the streets of Jerusalem every year, retracing the footsteps of Christ,...

April 16, 2014

Spy Wednesday, when we realize who we really are

This day marks "Spy Wednesday," when Judas plotted Christ's arrest and "spied" for an opportunity...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

On that singing nun and the “acid bath of ingratitude”

The good folks at CNS have posted a transcript of that conversation that Sister Cristina...

March 18, 2014

“You don’t have to like your priest”

An interesting observation via Word on Fire, from Dominican Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe: It may...

March 10, 2014

What does it mean to be “Catholic”?

Author Peter Manseau looks at that question in The New York Times: Even as the...

March 05, 2014

The hunger game: the challenge of fasting during Lent

The good people at Legatus Magazine invited me to write a few words about fasting...

March 03, 2014

Hooray for Holy-wood!

My blog neighbor Tony Rossi watched the Oscars last night so the rest of us...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Just desserts: Let them bake cake—or not

Over at First Things, Elizabeth Scalia wades into the conscience wars over providing (or not)...

February 24, 2014

Hey, it’s the pope!

John Allen in today's Boston Globe offers some examples of what can only be called the...

February 19, 2014

Happily ever after: when a Catholic wedding takes place behind bars

From Carol Glatz at CNS comes this great heart-tugger of a story: Even a jailed...

February 12, 2014

Wheel faith: Miami bikers raise funds for Catholic charity

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski sports his custom riding vest - a gift from the Florida...

February 12, 2014

“Pope Mary and Pope Martha”

My blog neighbor Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a great insight into the two men in...

February 03, 2014

Best description of Seattle. Ever.

Hot on the heels of last night's less-than-cliffhanger Super Bowl, a much-too-gleeful Washingtonian (Mark Shea)...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

“There will always be those who reject truth; we need to make sure it isn’t our growling teeth that causes them to flee…”

I stumbled across this in a blog post by Diane Korzeniewski, about celebrated preacher Fr....

January 15, 2014

Sister tact: advice from a nun on how to keep peace in meetings

Here's something you don't see every day: a piece on corporate behavior and politics ......

January 14, 2014

“My wife and I are atheists but our daughter wants to be baptized Catholic…”

With a H/T to Fr. Duffy, here's a remarkable testimony, in London's The Guardian: Our...

January 14, 2014

Thomas Aquinas on correcting bishops

Some insightful and important words from Diane over at Te Deum laudamas: If all of...

January 10, 2014

A Catholic reacts to anti-Catholicism: why Elizabeth Scalia’s response matters

Of all the ink that has been spilled over the appalling anti-Catholic screed by Jamie...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Raise a glass tonight to the men who invented champagne: monks!

From my blog neighbor Frank Weathers: Let me just skip you straight to the Wikipedia...

December 28, 2013

A classic: Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s resolutions

Here are some simple rules for living, from the iconic songwriter and troubadour: At age...

December 27, 2013

“All of life is Christmas, an eternal gift from God…”

Lest we forget, some beautiful words from my friend, Trappist Fr. James Stephen Behrens: The...

December 26, 2013

“We are meant to be Incarnational people…”

"One evening, while awaiting his train at Penn Station, my elder son was approached by...

December 24, 2013

“The soul of this papacy is up for grabs…”

Passionate and provocative words from Thomas Peters, who throws down the gauntlet: If your love...

December 18, 2013

You are there: a shepherd at the Nativity

Having mastered the art of the spiritual essay, in spades, Elizabeth Scalia now plunges headlong...