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November 2019

November 19, 2019

Theology of Motherhood… By Actual Mothers?!

That's what Carrie Frederick Frost hopes to provoke with her slender new book, Maternal Body:...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

Virgins and Devils: I review “The Devil’s Doorway”

for America: “The Devil’s Doorway” is a found-footage film set in 1960 in a Magdalene...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

“The Queen of Bliss and of Beauty”: A Candlemas Carol

I'm telling you, ClerkOfOxford is twitter mvp. Follow her! February 2 is Candlemas, the Feast...

April 2016

April 01, 2016

When the Last Days Come, We Shall See Visions: A Holy Week Roundup That’s Really an Excuse…

...to talk about the Mountain Goats. Once more I did my annual Mountain Goats Holy...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

“Farewell, Christmas fair and free!”: A Candlemas Carol

beautiful: February 2 is Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification, so here's a medieval Candlemas...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

Papal Fever: Prayer Grotto and Pope Plushies in Phila…. Security Barriers and Metro Madness in DC

So this country is kind of losing what remains of its mind over the Pope,...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

“The Surprising History of the Catholic Church’s Circus Priests”: The Washington Post

although really, every Catholic priest is a circus, yes? Before I left the center ring...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

“In Cana of Galilee”: PEG

old post well worth revisiting: This initiation of the miracle by Mary is not just...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Queen of Hearts: I review “Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea”

for Commonweal: The most beautiful portrayal of Marian devotion I’ve seen in literature came unexpectedly...

August 2014

August 15, 2014

Marian Skating for the Feast of the Assumption

Can I find figure skating for every occasion? I CAN TRY. Natalia Annenko and Genrikh...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

All My Musical Rosary Posts in One Place

For your convenience. My favorites as freestanding posts were Presentation and Resurrection. #1--Annunciation #2--Visitation #3--Nativity...

July 10, 2014

Musical Rosary #15–The Crowning of Mary, Queen of Heaven

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the...

July 08, 2014

Musical Rosary #14–Assumption

The two things I focus on with this mystery are the union of body and...

July 04, 2014

Musical Rosary #13: Descent of the Holy Spirit

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this...

July 02, 2014

Musical Rosary #12: Ascension

Then he led them [out] as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them....

July 01, 2014

Musical Rosary #10–Resurrection

After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Musical Rosary #10–Crucifixion

But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. And...

June 26, 2014

Musical Rosary #9: Carrying the Cross

As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed...

June 25, 2014

Musical Rosary #8–Crowning with Thorns

Weaving a crown out of thorns,they placed it on his head, and a reed in...

June 23, 2014

Musical Rosary #7–The Scourging at the Pillar

But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment...

June 22, 2014

Musical Rosary #6–Agony in the Garden

He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, "My Father, if it is...

June 21, 2014

Musical Rosary #5–Finding Jesus in the Temple

Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he...

June 20, 2014

Musical Rosary #4–Presentation

When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they...

June 18, 2014

Musical Rosary #3–The Nativity

MORE BABIES, until now I don't think I'd realized how much the first three mysteries...

June 16, 2014

A Musical Rosary–The Visitation

During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to...

June 13, 2014

A Musical Rosary: New Series–The Annunciation

Hey y'all. I decided to start this new series of very brief reflections on the...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

“Green Leaves, Red Flames, And Glimpses of Vocation”: Some Lovely Stuff

from A Queer Calling: ...One summer while on retreat, I sat at the dinner table...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Lots of Really Great Stuff at Spiritual Friendship Now

including: Melinda Selmys on the Cross as gift. This post manages to take a discourse...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

In Atlantic City, Where They Wed the Sea With Rings

I never knew that was a) not solely a Venetian tradition and b) tied to...

August 01, 2013

Maria Callas, “Ave Maria”

Via someone on Twitter--I'm sorry I forgot who!