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2016-12-28T20:06:25-04:00

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Self-Interest: A Bogeyman

Last updated on: December 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm By Chase Padusniak

Self-Interest gets spoken about quite a bit these days, whether in its economic or political form. And even when it’s not being invoked in the name of Adam Smith’s economic theories or Ayn Rand’s Objectivism, it sits behind much of what we discuss. Can people consent to have themselves killed by a physician? Must everyone vaccinate their children, if they believe not doing so to be right? Or, put most generally: should a person be able to do whatever he... Read more

2016-12-27T19:58:55-04:00

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Why 2017 Will (Probably) Be Worse

Last updated on: December 27, 2016 at 7:58 pm By Chase Padusniak

I’ve been pushing a line on 2016. Last week I wrote about the nasty blend of internet cynicism, real-world nihilism, and rampant desire for structures of meaning that has made 2016 so utterly terrible. There, however, I did not attend to something with enough precision: the internet. Its role should not be underestimated. What if 2016 is merely the logical conclusion of the cultural influences our increased digital connection has made possible? What if the internet is not just a... Read more

2016-12-26T20:12:26-04:00

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The Big Tent and the Catholic Church

Last updated on: December 26, 2016 at 8:12 pm By Chase Padusniak

A[c] as I biheeld into the eest an heigh to the sonne, I seigh a tour on a toft trieliche ymaked, A deep dale bynethe, a dongeon therinne, With depe diches and derke and dredfulle of sighte. A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene— Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche, Werchynge and wandrynge as the world asketh. (Piers Plowman, B Text, Prologue, ll. 13-19) These words come from the beginning of one of... Read more

2016-12-21T14:23:10-04:00

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Is There a Civil War in the Church?

Last updated on: December 21, 2016 at 2:23 pm By Chase Padusniak

Because, frankly, I haven’t seen one. At liturgy, I have yet to come across the ruins of East Aleppo re-constructed (or recently destructed) before the Iconostasis; every week we manage to avoid stealing the priest’s hand-cross in a bid for clerical authority. The Ultramontanists and Conciliarists have yet to come to open blows. But perhaps that’s because that church is Byzantine. And yet, at daily Mass I have seen little hand-wringing, even as our two priests—one, a kind and pious... Read more

2016-12-21T14:02:00-04:00

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Irony, Meme Magic, and the Truth about 2016

Last updated on: December 21, 2016 at 2:02 pm By Chase Padusniak

2016 has been cursed again and again as a year of unbelievable travail, a year so overladen with trauma and difficulty all the way up from the personal to the national and global that many cannot wait to fade into the annals of history. Somehow the four digits themselves have taken on a sort of shamanic energy; some people seem to hope superstitiously that if the numbers just pass by, if the six ticks away and emerges anew as a... Read more

2016-11-30T11:25:35-04:00

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How Love Transforms: A Story

Last updated on: November 30, 2016 at 11:25 am By Chase Padusniak

I have been meaning to tell this story for a while, but the beginning of Latin Advent seems as good a time as any. In the quiet darkness of the November-December cold—the time of prayer for the dead and hopeful expectation of the Nativity of God—some light is always needed: an Advent candle, a prayer, in this case, a story. It was a few weeks ago, maybe a month or two at this point, when I heard the following from... Read more

2016-11-29T16:35:59-04:00

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The Saint You Hate

Last updated on: November 29, 2016 at 4:35 pm By Chase Padusniak

“Hate” might be too strong a word. Say “dislike,” “display skepticism towards,” even “avoid.” Think of the pacifist faced with St. Joan of Arc, or, by contrast, the crusade-minded Christian who has to reckon with Abba Moses the Ethiopian or St. Martin of Tours. This is, often, even true of our political commitments: the Right-leaning American wrestles with Blessed Óscar Romero while the Left-leaning one contends with, say St. Junipero Serra. But typically our resistances to specific saints are not... Read more

2016-11-21T13:11:03-04:00

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There and Back Again: Catholicism and Orthodoxy

Last updated on: November 21, 2016 at 1:11 pm By Guest Contributor

The following is a guest post by a friend whose story of conversion from Roman Catholicism to Orthodoxy and back to Catholicism has taken a lot of bravery to tell. These thoughts are her own; please be respectful in reading. I touched the outstretched crucifix, sobbing in the confessional, and received my penance. The priest’s gnarled hands formed a shroud of dark flesh around the brass figure of Christ’s tormented body. I choked out the Act of Contrition, quieted myself,... Read more

2016-11-14T13:49:28-04:00

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Communist Francis? Sure, Why Not?

Last updated on: November 14, 2016 at 1:49 pm By Chase Padusniak

One must be very careful when speaking about Communism, and I don’t mean because it’s a blacklisted word to be avoided at all costs; one must be careful because the popular understanding differs markedly from what the word is actually supposed to mean—its many nuances and historical instantiations. Take, for example, Pope Francis’ recent comments on Communism: It has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything, it is the communists who think like Christians.... Read more

2016-11-12T18:24:16-04:00

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Confessions of a Catholic Anarchist in Trump’s America

Last updated on: November 12, 2016 at 6:24 pm By Chase Padusniak

Yesterday I had six hours of class—six hours that bought me a whole day to reflect on what was a night filled with conflicting and difficult emotions. In what follows, I will attempt total honesty about myself, about my feelings throughout election night. That may sound silly: who shouldn’t attempt to be honest? But after an election like this, it’s easy to collapse inner perturbations and surprises into a simple narrative. I refuse to let myself do that. After that,... Read more

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