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March 2016

March 25, 2016

The God Who Does Not Meddle

This Lent I've been reading from On the Passion of Christ According to the Four...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

Is Catholic Lent Too Easy? + Lent-o-Rama – UPDATED

UPDATED: Ted Seeber saves Lent by reminding me that no Lent-o-Rama is complete without This Time...

February 04, 2016

Why Mention 5,000 Men, and Slight Those Women and Children?

As I mentioned the other week, Sr. Simone Campbell has shown herself to be a...

December 2015

December 12, 2015

When Your Priest is a Jerk

So I have a couple priest-friends who can pretty much match me for jerk-power, but...

November 2015

November 01, 2015

The Rosary and a Rule of Life When You Haven’t Got Time

Happy All Saints Day! I'll be staying home with a cold, thank you. Which...

October 2015

October 03, 2015

The Right to Life and the Right to Grief

To grieve is a natural right. It is a human right. We have the right...

October 01, 2015

Quick Q&A – Sorrow for Your Sins and Sacramental Absolution

This excellent post by Max Lindenman prompted a question from a reader about repentance and...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

How to Teach Your Kids to Behave in Restaurants

Some friends are lamenting the plague of poorly-behaved children at what ought to be decent...

September 15, 2015

Religious Ed Parents Who Don’t Come to Mass – What to Say?

A catechist wrote to me privately asking for ideas on how to invite parents to...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Pro-Life, Married, and Contracepting: Is There a Problem?

In light of the recent Planned Parenthood videos, I've been thinking about a group of...

August 20, 2015

Heroism and the Fight for Every Human Person

Here are some recent stories about young men who've saved people from being kidnapped: Teen...

August 04, 2015

On Discussing Abortion and Other Horrors With Young Children

A friend posed a question in a private forum, and I'd like to share my...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Mercy That Isn’t: More Teachers Being Thrown Under the Bus to Cover for Dissenting Administrators

H/T to Deacon Greg Kandra for pointing out the most recent case of a Catholic...

July 08, 2015

Will Suffering Make Your Marriage Better or Worse?

Suffering is called "suffering" because it's horrible. The amount of horror can vary from low-grade...

June 2015

June 20, 2015

Quick Links – SC, the Confederate Flag, Speaking Out Against Bigotry. Sursum Corda!

As I write this, there's a rally at the SC Statehouse about to get underway,...

June 18, 2015

On Racism in the American South and the Shock of the Charleston Shootings

When I first heard about the murders at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church down in Charleston, the...

June 16, 2015

Doesn’t get much more unqualified than this . . .

. . . That would be me, writing about "loving your enemies." Ha. It's the...

June 15, 2015

How to Idiot Proof Your Parish and Diocese Against the Sexual Abuse Crisis

The idiots in question are ordinary people like yourself, busy, overwhelmed with responsibilities, always trying...

June 14, 2015

What Not to Read When You’ve Got a Rash

I don't have a rash, so I can read this book: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes...

May 2015

May 01, 2015

Don’t Kill People with Disabilities. Especially Family. @BADDtweets

I'm reminded by Ruth at Wheelie Catholic that May 1 is Blogging Against Disablism Day....

April 2015

April 05, 2015

The Kissable God

The feasts of the liturgical year intertwine. At Christmas we adore the baby Jesus, cuddly,...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Five Reasons I Love Ashtags. Actually Six. And a Youtube Video.

I know these people who don't love ashtags. People like Monique Ocampo, who is even giving...

February 16, 2015

Something Beautiful for Lent: Cultivating God’s Garden by Margaret Rose Realy

The book I've just finished reading is Margaret Rose Realy's Cultivating God's Garden Through Lent. I'm...

February 07, 2015

50 Shades of Arousal Disorders: BDSM and the Moral Life

If you browse among the purveyors of sex toys, which you most emphatically should not...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Satan Ups His Game: Supreme Court Declines to Protect Secrecy of Sacramental Confessions

Bad news for human souls: The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal...

January 19, 2015

Racism in the American South Today

In 1988 I moved to a small town in South Carolina, not far from where...

January 11, 2015

A Youth Group Story You Need to Hear

My recent post on my own youth group experience (when I was the "youth") has...

January 08, 2015

Pastoral Care on the Radio, Love of God & Neighbor in Print – Updated

UPDATED to fix the link. My apologies! *** I was amused at some of the...

January 08, 2015

How My Parish Youth Group Helped Me Leave the Catholic Faith

Every week at Mass, I see this really nice couple. I think we first met...

January 07, 2015

Gay Marriage & Employment in the Archdiocese of Miami

Kathy Schiffer reports that the Archbishop of Miami has laid out his response to the...