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March 2019

March 28, 2019

The Ring-Kissing Kerfuffle

So a few days ago, Pope Francis was filmed avoiding having his papal ring kissed....

March 27, 2019

Prayer Wednesday 3 – Psalm 147

Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he...

March 26, 2019

An interesting conversation with a reader about unity

He writes I believe that God really wants all of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox to...

March 25, 2019

Hey Moscow and Potlatch, Idaho, as well as Pullman, Washington and parts surrounding

I am coming to speak on the Blessed Virgin Mary on Wednesday, March 27, not...

March 25, 2019

Almsgiving Monday 3: Pope Francis urges us to give to the poor

...and not worry how they spend it. I know. I know. They'll just blow it...

March 23, 2019

A Lawyer Looks at Jurassic Park

What better way to add some penitential buzzkill to your Lent than to bring in...

March 22, 2019

Fasting Friday 2

Continuing from last Friday, we keep looking at ways suggested by Deacon Nick Senger to...

March 21, 2019

A little follow up conversation with Sherry Weddell on ‘Kumbaya’

Over on the Book of Face, I remarked that I've been Catholic for 30 years and...

March 20, 2019

Prayer Wednesday 2: The Most Maligned Spiritual in the World

When I entered the Church, I did so as the husband of a wonderful woman...

March 19, 2019

Thinking about the Sunday Readings

I was struck by the readings on Sunday, regarding the covenant with Abraham and the...

March 18, 2019

Almsgiving Monday 2: Mercy for Life

This Almsgiving Monday I want to recommend to you for your financial support the work...

March 16, 2019

One proof for the existence of an all-loving, all-powerful God…

...is that any child, much less billions of them, survives to adulthood:

March 15, 2019

Fasting Fridays 1

I am stealing these ideas from Deacon Nick Senger and will put them in this...

March 14, 2019

Weaponizing Piety

There's an old gag among Catholics about the 'Judas Shuffle'. Judas, it is frequently noted,...

March 13, 2019

Prayer Wednesday 1

A Prayer from Soon to be St. John Henry Newman: God has created me to...

March 12, 2019

Some Hope and Healing from the Spirit

A walk a day keeps the diabetes at bay, so I spend an hour or...

March 11, 2019

Almsgiving Monday 1

I decided to try something a bit different this Lent. The classic Lenten practices are...

March 09, 2019

Something cool for a Saturday

March 08, 2019

Thoughts on My Brutal Friday Penance

My wife and I were amused to discover that, according to The Rules, we have...

March 07, 2019

Living Lent When You Stink at It

I’m pretty lousy at doing Lent. So I’m a natural for yakking about it since...

March 06, 2019

Ash Wednesday

This strange time of life hidden in brown death. The earth still crusted with ice....

March 05, 2019

The End of Ordinary Time

...till Pentecost is past. I like the concept of 'Ordinary Time'. The Tradition is fond...

March 02, 2019

Surprisingly, I did not know some of the detail

...which is embarrassing for a 60 year old man to acknowledge. But then, I'm an...

March 01, 2019

Beyond Personal Piety

Here is an interesting piece by one of my favorite priests in the world, Fr....

February 2019

February 27, 2019

My keyboard is busted, so I will let Michael Cohen preach to the Christianist Cult Today

Jesus' words about persecution boil down to 'You may have to suffer and die for...

February 26, 2019

Power to be Children of God

Gary Michuta interviews Bryan Gesinger on his book, Power to Become Children of God: Essays...

February 25, 2019

We, Not God, Were the Authors of Christ’s Passion

In one of the most profound and mysterious passages in the New Testament, Paul tells...

February 23, 2019

Rod Bennett on his new book Bad Shepherds

Gary Michuta interviews the ever-interesting Rod Bennett on his new and timely book Bad Shepherds:...

February 22, 2019

Some Reflections on the Crucifixion for a Friday

It is notable that, though subsequent Christian piety, meditation, and art would rightly dwell upon...

February 21, 2019

Ignatius: A Brief Introduction to the Theology of Pope Francis

Dan Amiri continues over at Where Peter Is: Finally, we should not neglect the importance...

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