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April 2013

April 06, 2013

Oh, Mercy, Mercy Me, Still

From last year, slightly updated, my tangled relationship with the Divine Mercy devotion: Oh the...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

“The whole earth is our hospital”: Good Friday in Painting and Poetry

Some reflections on the Passion in art and poetry, from last year's Good Friday post....

March 28, 2013

Why I Am Catholic, Again

In response to a Patheos prompt inviting bloggers to explain, in 200 words or less,...

March 27, 2013

“Something to Love, Something to Be Bugged By”: Pummeled by The Anchoress

I didn't sleep last night, playing out my crankiness over the Pope Wars in mental...

March 22, 2013

When It Comes to Popes, I’m on Team Jesus

I hate choosing sides. It might be the Libra in me, or the hoarder's...

March 21, 2013

Pope Francis: Intervention for a Hoarder Church

I got my wish. Last week, the conclave elected as a successor to St...

March 13, 2013

Salus Populi Romani—A New Pope Goes Home to Mamma: UPDATED

Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, you've just been elected pope. What're you going to do...

March 02, 2013

A Clock Set to Eternity: Why It’s Never ‘Time’ for the Church to Do Something

What time is it? For Catholics, it's always eternity. My Patheos Catholic Channel colleague...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Your Average Joe, with a Twist: Betting on a Pope

I'm pretty good at handicapping the ponies (Pete McPortland's daughter could hardly be anything less),...

February 17, 2013

The Dowager Pope and the (Very) Fallible Media

Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhh. How long can stupid go on? The renunciation of the papacy by Pope...

February 12, 2013

Breaching a Contract, Breaking Faith: Religious Freedom in Cincinnati

We're used to thinking of religious freedom as an individual right---my freedom of conscience...

February 12, 2013

It’s a Wonderful Mardi Gras, Encore

Reposting from last year, because it's as true as ever. Our own celebrations might be...

February 11, 2013

Strength of Mind and Body: Praying for the Pope, the Church, the World

My eyes popped open at 3:01 am PST, the TV still on the overnight...

February 04, 2013

Our Left Foot: Downton Abbey & Anti-Catholic Snobbery

Not a few American Catholic fans of Downton Abbey were taken aback by a...

December 2012

December 09, 2012

Spiritual AND Religious—Surprise!: A Book Review

Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old & New Edited by Colleen M. Griffith &...

December 03, 2012

10 Things I’ll Miss Most About Catholic Ohio

I haven't been Catholic in Ohio all that long---only two out of the 16 years...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

I’m That Guy: The Gunpowder of Being Catholic in Public

On the eve of a contentious election, pondering the explosive nexus of faith and politics....

October 2012

October 24, 2012

A Journal of My Council: A Book Review

My Journal of the Council by Yves Congar, OP Liturgical Press, 2012 Even as my...

October 09, 2012

Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Everybody else in Paris was lined up to see Lady Gaga. But we were gaga...

October 08, 2012

Let My Prayers Rise Like Incense

We burned prayer cards last night at my friend Michael's house, on a truly cold...

October 05, 2012

The Village of St Bernadette: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

"There was everything hostile to my peace---an incalculable crowd, an oppressive heat, dust, noise, weariness;...

October 03, 2012

Climb Ev’ry Mountain: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

An hour in the Pyrenees, and you suddenly understand the deep ties between geography and...

October 02, 2012

Bilocation, Chocolate, and the Patron Saint of Pilgrims: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Pilgrim Pop Quiz: What's the oldest Christian pilgrimage shrine in Europe? Hint: It's associated with...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Castles in Spain: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

To build castles in Spain is an 800-year-old idiom meaning to daydream, to indulge in...

September 20, 2012

Finding the Frog: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

In which we learn that pilgrimage cultivates a different way of seeing: We come to...

September 17, 2012

The Peace of the World: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

"Tell everybody that God gives His graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them...

September 16, 2012

Floating Martyrs, Desperate Housewives, and What Really Matters: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, we venerated a miracle wrought by desperation,...

September 15, 2012

Hollowed Be Our Aim: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Prepare to Yield. That's what the sign flashed when we entered the departure lanes at...

September 13, 2012

The Dance of the Cross and the Crescent: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage

Our bags are . . . well, not actually packed yet, but close. We're ....

September 12, 2012

‘Who Would True Valor See’: Egregious Twaddle Goes on Pilgrimage

We're going on pilgrimage. You, me, the Archbishop of Cincinnati, and 80+ assorted pilgrims, hitting...