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December 2014

December 02, 2014

From the Letters of St Gregory of Nazianzus to St Basil

What I wrote before about our stay in Pontus was in joke, not in earnest;...

November 2014

November 17, 2014

“In Defense of Flagellation”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

is right: ...During the podcast, the guests made several in-passing negative references to the monastic...

September 2014

September 13, 2014

Captive Virgins: St Gregory of Nyssa vs. … Well… Vs. Me, I Guess

and let's see what that title does for my search requests. Wesley Hill truffled up...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Gay Catholic Book Extras: When the Going Gets Weird, The Weird Get Spiritual Direction

(Preorder the book!) In my post on celibate partnerships I noted that "the more unusual...

August 14, 2014

“Journalists, Radio Hosts, Addicts, The Imprisoned, And the Pro-Life Movement”

an incomplete list of people St Maximilian Kolbe is the patron of. Whoa. His feast...

August 14, 2014

From St John of Kronstadt

Unfortunately, the Devil shelters himself behind us, and conceals himself, whilst we are blind, and,...

April 2014

April 13, 2014

Roderick Mead’s St Michael for the Modern Age

ehhhh image removed under penalty of law--look it up! via the extraordinary Monster Brains

March 2014

March 11, 2014

From “Priests Among Men,” by Emmanuel Celestin Cdl Suhard

a reader notes that MacIntyre may have been paraphrasing or quoting this guy: To be...

March 08, 2014

The Martyrs’ Rose

Given my whole thing with roses, you know I had to link you to this.

March 08, 2014

Today’s Saint: John of God

Patron of the sick. Here's a painting by Murillo: and here's the obvious Shane McGowan...

March 06, 2014

In Defense of Wasting Your Life

Speaking of contradictory truths... I often tell this story when I talk: A couple of...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

St Makarii of Optino, quoted in “The Orthodox Way”

[St Isaac the Syrian] also says, "God's grace comes of itself, suddenly, without our seeing...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

From “The Orthodox Way”

Thirdly, the gift of the Spirit is a gift of diversity: the tongues of fire...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

It’s My Feast Day!

And I am not making a "Christmas Eve! Get it? Get it???" pun here. Today...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

It’s the Feast of Saint Cecilia, So Here’s the Pet Shop Boys

She's the patroness of musicians.

November 13, 2013

More About Those Amazing Bejeweled Skeletons

Let's give a warm welcome to... those amazing bejeweled skeletons! Paul Koudounaris is not a...

November 05, 2013

The Diversity of the Saints Is a Diversity of Pain

Speaking of the wild diversity of the saints--over the weekend I read this powerful &...

November 05, 2013

Fools, Drunks, And Americans

As much as I love the idea of a ballet about alcoholism, this article on...

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Feast of Sts Cosmas and Damien

who were brothers, and doctors who treated poor patients without requiring payment. This is something...

September 17, 2013

Glorious Jewelled Skeletons

SO AWESOME. For the two people who read me yet haven't already seen these. Even...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

“This Is Because of Their Similarity to the Human Head”: Orthodox Customs to Commemorate the Beheading of John the Baptist

which is what we're doing today. Commemorating it, I mean, not doing it.

August 06, 2013

“Monk Takes Devotion to New Heights”…

...by sitting on them.

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Two Tributes to Mary Magdalene

with two very different portraits of the saint. (Five minutes left in her feast day!)...

July 02, 2013

It’s the Feast of the Jailers of Sts Peter and Paul

St Processus and St Martinian, who converted under the influence of their prisoners; they're the...

June 2013

June 15, 2013

It’s the Feast of St Vitus!

Patron of actors and dancers. Here's my review of the terrific Ballets Russes exhibit at...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

It’s the Feast Day of St Joan of Arc

A great day to criticize the Church hierarchy! And also to burn dinner!

April 2013

April 19, 2013

“Clinical Sentiments”

This chorus ultimately gives way to “St. John of Gods” as an alternative mantra. St....

April 09, 2013

“Sensual Christianity”: I review an art show

in the Weekly Standard. "The Pre-Raphaelites," at the National Gallery until May 19: The Pre-Raphaelites...

April 02, 2013

Today is the feast of St Mary of Egypt. Have an intense, amazing painting.

here via the New Liturgical Movement website. She's invoked for the protection of penitents as...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

Dorothy Day as Dostoyevsky character (from her letters)

October 10, 1960: ...One of the things which bothers me mightily is the bitterness and...