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April 2020

April 21, 2020

Masquerading as a Social Justice Warrior

One pattern I've noted from people who use the unborn as human shields for making...

April 20, 2020

On the False Dichotomy of Right Wing Pandemic Economic Arguments

MAGA Back to Work Zealot in Right Wing Media: "You politically correct liberals claim to care about...

April 18, 2020

Philomena Cunk is a One Woman Force of Education

You learn so much from the BBC: I feel as cultured as a petri dish!

April 17, 2020

Paradigm shifting

Had an interesting conversation some time back. Maybe somebody will find it useful. I wrote:...

April 16, 2020

Sam Rocha on the Stupid “Braveheart Freedom” that Kills People

Sam pens a corker of a little essay on the selfish and childish demands for...

April 15, 2020

Pope Francis Speaks the Truth

Right wing white American MAGA "prolife" zealots perpetually shout "but abortion" and brandish the unborn...

April 14, 2020

Sacraments are the Kisses of God

...not our sole access to God. It is vital to grasp this because there are...

April 13, 2020

Pretty much every time the Church speaks…

about, say, war or poverty or racism or refugees or capital punishment or a living...

April 12, 2020

Resurrection, by John Donne

Moist with one drop of Thy blood, my dry soul Shall—though she now be in...

April 11, 2020

Sepulchre, by George Herbert

Oh blessed body! Whither art thou thrown? No lodging for thee, but a cold hard...

April 10, 2020

Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward by John Donne

Let mans Soule be a Spheare, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion...

April 09, 2020

Holy Thursday

We are meant to feel that his life was in that sense a sort of...

April 08, 2020

Two questions we must face on Spy Wednesday

"Who do you say I am?" - Jesus of Nazareth "What will you give me...

April 07, 2020

Forgiveness (for Tuesday of Holy Week), by Friar David Hirt

Forgiveness, Lord’s a morsel dipped in wine and handed, sopping, to he who betrays you,...

April 06, 2020

Bethany (for Monday of Holy Week), by Friar David Hirt

You came into our life on feet like dusty heartbeats, beating bare, your human heart...

April 04, 2020

The Strange Story of Brooke Greenberg

When she died in 2013 at the age of 20, she was what she had...

April 03, 2020

Fasting Friday: Thinking about Hell

Lent is a good time for facing hard things and Fasting Fridays seem to me...

April 01, 2020

Prayer Wednesday: Wonder and Prayer

The common mother of art, philosophy, science, and religion is Wonder. The world pours out...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Almsgiving Monday: Three Ways to Give

I'm a huge fan of Mercy for Life, a delightful little apostolate in Uganda run...

March 28, 2020

Something to Completely Blow Your Mind for a Saturday

Do you know what John Wayne's last film was? Wrong! It was Star Wars Episode...

March 27, 2020

Fasting Friday: George Soros and the Revival of Antisemitic Tropes

John Zmirak recently delivered himself of this ipse dixit to any potential convert to the...

March 25, 2020

Prayer Wednesday: Joseph Pearce on the Annunciation and the Downfall of Barad-dur

Joseph Pearce reflects on Tolkien's destruction of the One Ring on March 25, which one...

March 23, 2020

Almsgiving Monday: Who Killed the Knapp Family?

A reader sends along this piece from the Grey Lady, remarking: This is horrifying. A...

March 21, 2020

Deep Fake Doctor Who Impressions

It's not perfect, but its still pretty amazing. And the guy is really good impressionist:...

March 20, 2020

Thoughts on COVID and the Alleged Judgment of God

Pedro Gabriel (who is, by the way, a Portuguese doctor who knows whereof he speaks...

March 20, 2020

Fasting Friday: The Spirit and the Letter

The rules for fasting and abstinence in the United States are: Every person 14 years or older must abstain...

March 18, 2020

Prayer Wednesday: Protestant MegaChurch Guy Discovers the Real Presence

It's always enjoyable to watch a good-hearted person start to discover the historical Church and...

March 16, 2020

Almsgiving Monday: An Argument About the Old “What About Putting Vets, Not Refugees, First?” Lie

Almsgiving is, above all, about seeing and taking practical steps to care for those who...

March 14, 2020

Since it’s Saturday…

I decided to just post one joke that cracked me up: But then I thought...

March 13, 2020

Fasting Friday: Ten Meaningful Ways to Fast During Lent

Here's a nifty piece that might be of help if you find fasting to be...

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