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May 2016

May 23, 2016

50s Americana: A Contemporary Idol

In good Christian fashion, I’ve often tried to take my cue from Nietzsche and philosophize...

May 19, 2016

Feeling and Loving with the Dead

As readers of my blog may know, I am a person prone to anxiety, even...

May 13, 2016

The Corpse of Culture Wars Catholicism

In a recent piece in Crux, Fordham professor Charles Camosy quotes Harvard Law professor Mark...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Tenebrae Laetitia

Just yesterday a post appeared on another Patheos blog called “A plea for a measure...

April 24, 2016

Short Skirts at the Tabernacle

It was a few years ago, when I was just beginning to come to the...

April 22, 2016

On Christianity after Christendom

I am no alarmist, but there is undeniably something post-Christian about our time and place...

April 17, 2016

Idolatrous Traditionalism: A Postscript

My last post, “Rigid Traditionalism is Idolatry,” has elicited quite the reaction, more so than...

April 15, 2016

Rigid Traditionalism is Idolatry

Let it not be said that this piece applies to all traditionalists in a Latin...

April 11, 2016

The Socialist Roots of Catholic Social Teaching

As many a Catholic site repeats in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ rising political fortunes,...

April 04, 2016

What Does It Mean to be a Peacemaking People?

Christianity defines itself as a religion of peace, not insofar as the Messiah brought and...

April 02, 2016

Mother Angelica, I Hardly Knew Ye

Mother Angelica’s repose has been a cause for personal reflection; she constituted a part of...

April 01, 2016

A Christian Defense of the “Useless Liberal Arts Degree”

As an undergrad I majored in English and minored in Medieval Studies at a relatively...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Easter: A Weekly Sabbath

Easter is upon us! A once-a-year festival, it reminds us of, and celebrates, Christ’s victory...

March 26, 2016

Beyond Good and Evil: A Triduum Reflection

God is dead! Such is the news of Good Friday as we contemplate the visceral...

March 21, 2016

Be Not Angry with Your Brother: A Reflection for Holy Week

Too often, we as a Church stand divided, divided by politics, ethnic background, and theological...

March 19, 2016

Against Ethnocentrism and Nationalism in the Church

Therefore every individual, conscious of his responsibility as a member of Christian and Western civilization, must...

March 14, 2016

Why I Oppose Physician-Assisted Suicide

“Ah, so much is said about human want and misery — I seek to understand...

March 12, 2016

Understanding the Pope and His Critics

What follows is a personal and somewhat speculative attempt to understand the relationship between Pope...

March 08, 2016

“Give all, for all is yours!”

These are the final words in the first vision of Hadewijch of Brabant (fl. early...

March 07, 2016

In Praise of Papal Ambiguity

Even among devout Catholics, it’s not uncommon to hear about the “damage” caused by the...

March 06, 2016

The Witch: The Fruits of Desire

(The following contains spoilers. And while I hope to keep them mild, if you haven’t...

March 03, 2016

Forgetting the Poor, We Got Trump

Non-Trump voters do not get Trump: this goes for Democrats, Republicans, most analysts, my colleagues,...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

The Not So Dumpf Donald Drumpf

If you haven’t seen John Oliver’s methodical takedown of Trump, I recommend you check it...

February 28, 2016

How I Came to be Christian: Part Three

(This post is part of a series. Parts one and two can be found here...

February 27, 2016

How I Came to be Christian: Part Two

(This post is part of a series. Part one can be found here). If...

February 25, 2016

How I Came to be Christian: Part One

Today and for the next day or two I’ll focus on my journey to Christianity,...

February 24, 2016

Karl Marx: Moralist

If you’d asked me a year ago, I’m not sure I could’ve envisioned myself writing...

February 22, 2016

Erotics, Difference, and Loving ISIS

We’ve officially passed St. Valentine’s Day, and, single as I am, I’ve had plenty...

February 21, 2016

Pope Francis: “Donald Trump is a Protestant”

No works. Faith. No good. Or so goes the conventional Catholic understanding of justification...

February 20, 2016

Forgotten Catholics: Dom Léonce Crenier

“Léonce Crenier was as righteous and sincere, as forthright and generous during his youth with...

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