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August 2016

August 20, 2016

On God’s Time

Waiting weighs us down and patience demands so much. Whether it’s excitedly counting the days...

August 19, 2016

How We Live

And where we live are quite often connected—two sides of a single cultural coin, aspects...

August 17, 2016

When Your Enemies Are Christians

Enemies broadly speaking anyway. This topic has stuck with me. Growing up American (read: secular),...

August 13, 2016

The Dirty “P” Word

Pastoral. From pastor, as in, a shepherd. In the Catholic circles in which I run...

August 12, 2016

Pray with Icons!

For my Byzantine Catholic and Orthodox brethren, I’m preaching to the choir; the title of...

August 10, 2016

Prayers for the Bulgarian Church

A little while ago I took a little bit (not quite boiling, more like low-simmer)...

August 09, 2016

Confessions of a Catholic Cynic

No. I’m not that sort of Cynic (though sometimes I wish I were). I don’t...

August 07, 2016

Can a Catholic Vote for the American Solidarity Party?

Yes. I ought to come clean from the beginning: I am a member of the...

August 06, 2016

I’m a Proud American, Even Though I Don’t Want to Be

Maybe one or two of you noticed (may God bless me with so many readers!)...

July 2016

July 20, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part III)

Here I am proud to present part three of this three-part series on the Great...

July 19, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part II)

Here I am proud to present part two of this three-part series on the Great...

July 18, 2016

1054: History, Myth, and the Making of a Schism (Part I)

July 16th marked the 962nd anniversary of the so-called "Great Schism." As someone deeply invested...

July 17, 2016

Versus “Versus Populum”

I can’t help but laugh a bit when I hear liturgists and other Catholics speak...

July 16, 2016

Why Are You Yelling? Or the Failure of Catholic Blogging

Unsurprisingly, I am surrounded by Catholic bloggers: opponents, friends, frenemies, and every other color of...

July 15, 2016

Social Media: Where Charity Goes to Die

My intensifying dalliance with social-media criticism is no secret. I’ve blogged about it before, and,...

July 11, 2016

Being a Good Christian, Being a Sinner

I am a convert (or a revert, depending on how you ask). Unlike some Cradle...

July 08, 2016

Liberalism is Conservatism is Not Catholicism

The topic of this post is the word “liberal”: its meanings, its misuses, and what...

July 06, 2016

Judge Not: An Obscure Monk Sheds Light on Pope Francis

Pope Francis mystifies—and aggravates—many Catholics; his talk of mercy, of suspending judgment has a tendency...

July 05, 2016

Christian Patriotism: An Oxymoron?

It [patriotism] is a pagan virtue, if these two words are compatible. The word pagan,...

July 04, 2016

(More) On Prayer: Thoughts from Meister Eckhart

No, be sure of this. Absolute stillness for as long as possible is best of...

July 03, 2016

On Prayer: Thoughts from Simone Weil

I recited the Our Father in Greek every day before work, and I repeated it...

June 2016

June 25, 2016

Confused Catholic Ramblings on Brexit

The dust is beginning to clear (before the next great explosions of cultural and political...

June 18, 2016

Knowing v. Living the Faith: More Thoughts from Thomas Merton

Many of us know the Catechism, but to live the faith, that is different, that...

June 13, 2016

After a Tragedy: Get Off Social Media

About a week ago I chose to take a temporary break from social media, mostly...

June 12, 2016

Another Shooting: Brief Thoughts on Evil from Thomas Merton

Like most people I woke up today to horrific news: the murder of more...

June 11, 2016

The Pan-Orthodox Council: A Greek Catholic Perspective

There was a time when I considered becoming Eastern Orthodox. The richness of the theology,...

June 02, 2016

Pope Francis: Father Figure

My last two posts (available here and here) have attempted defenses of the current pontiff....

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Pope Francis’ Legacy Will Live On: Two Historical Parallels

History is repetition; all that happens has happened and will happen. So says Qoheleth: All...

May 30, 2016

The Pope of Justice and the Year of Mercy

Pope Francis—pontifex maximus of cheap grace and haphazard forgiveness, the kind of bishop who would’ve...

May 24, 2016

Evangelizing in a Post-Christian World

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock...

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