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April 2012

April 27, 2012

Stop Killing the Wabbit! A One-Day Fast from Catholic Opera

Catholics are reminded to keep Friday as a day of penance, a little Lent all...

April 24, 2012

Onward, Christian Soldier (Not)

When I was confirmed in 1963 as a 12-year-old seventh grader, then-Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Manning...

April 22, 2012

Through Our Sister, Mother Earth, Praise God

Yes, I am celebrating Earth Day. And no, in spite of what you read in...

April 20, 2012

Wrong Choice, Bad Love: Why Bernadette Sugrim Makes Me Scream

This morning I did something I thought I'd never find myself doing. Watching the TODAY...

April 19, 2012

Fleeing Babylon: The Old Order(s) Changeth

. . . I may be admonished, by the thought of my vanishing years, that...

April 18, 2012

An Uppity Woman Prays for Answers

Honest to You, God, I don't get You. I mean, if You had told me...

April 16, 2012

Groping for God: Why and Where Catholics Blog

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he grew exasperated at the sight of...

April 15, 2012

Not Doubting, But Astonished: Being Thomas–UPDATED

Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he...

April 09, 2012

A Magical Mystagogical Tour for Reverts?

Some days, my revertigo is beyond dizzying. On this Easter Monday I am suffering from...

April 08, 2012

Hell, Harrowed

"He descended into hell." I have my quibbles with a lot of the latest translation...

April 06, 2012

Walking the Via Dolorosa as a Family

I wasn't going to post again today, but then I read the meditations on the...

April 06, 2012

“In Spite of That, We Call This Friday Good”

"It's a good Friday, for lots of reasons!" Ann Curry chirped on the TODAY Show...

April 05, 2012

In His Will: Traveling the Triduum with Dante

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la...

April 04, 2012

Front-Porch Theology: Wondering About the Church and Sexuality

Last night I sat with my friends on their front porch, enjoying the summery twilight...

April 01, 2012

3 Jars, 3 Cups, 3 Lengths of Cloth: A Mini-Retreat for Holy Week from the Passion According to Mark

Palm Sunday, if you take it seriously, can really blow you away. The swoop from...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Do Cry Over a Spilled Marriage

True love could have been a contender Are you there? Say a prayer For the...

March 30, 2012

Two Guys from Todi: Standing at the Foot of the Cross

At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother, weeping, Close to Jesus to...

March 26, 2012

Icons of Incarnation: Reading the Annunciation in Art

Because March 25 fell on a Sunday this year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of...

March 23, 2012

Empty Pews: More Reasons

Rather than update my already-long post from Wednesday, here's another take on reasons why Catholics...

March 21, 2012

Shake the Dust or Drink the Kool-Aid? Reasons to Leave, Reasons to Stay in Church

I'm reasoning about reasons today. A friend, a spiritual director who works with disaffected believers...

March 20, 2012

The Poster Child for Sloth

This past Sunday was Laetare Sunday, the just-past-midpoint of Lent at which we are given...

March 17, 2012

With a British Heart Kidnapped

Hail, glorious St Patrick Who fell from the attic And broke his bum-batic On St...

March 14, 2012

Nothing Gold Can Stay

It's 75 degrees and the sun is shining. In Ohio. In March! This morning, I...

March 13, 2012

It’s March and I’m Mad, Mr President

Dear Mr President, Welcome to Dayton! If you're not already here in town, you and...

March 10, 2012

For Such a Time as This

This past week, Jews around the world celebrated Purim. A spring festival with roots in...

March 08, 2012

To the JPII Generation from the John23 Generation, with Love

Continuing the subject of the importance of living the truth in love, my friend The...

March 06, 2012

Walking the Way of Love in Lent

Love--as the root and ground of our public discourse, as the only answer to the...

March 04, 2012

What If We Dared to Love?

If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) I've heard these...

March 03, 2012

Occupied by Grace: Katharine Drexel’s Gift

I looked up in wonder at God's wonderful ways and thought how little we imagine...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Graveyard Shift

I took my lunch to Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum today--one of my favorite spots in...