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May 2020

May 25, 2020

Memorial Day

For the past 30 years, every Memorial Day has found the Shea family here at...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Ash Wednesday

I Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because...

February 17, 2020

In Honor of Presidents Day…

I give you Jonathan Coulton's Educational Song, "The Presidents": I was a weird kid. In...

February 14, 2020

Happy St. Valentines Day!

Remember: Every Himmler needs a Hermler.

January 2020

January 22, 2020

Observing Roe v. Wade Day as a Consistent Life Catholic

Deacon Steven Greydanus notes a new bit of argument in the scientific community: A pro-choice...

January 20, 2020

MAGA Cultists are the main source of domestic terror in the US

That's simply a statistical fact. FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that the agency has...

January 06, 2020

Since it’s Epiphany…

Here's a little excerpt from Mary, Mother of the Son, addressing the peculiar notion that all...

January 01, 2020

New Year’s Chimes

What is the song the stars sing? (And a million songs are as song of...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

The Feast of the Holy Family…

...was yesterday: “Waiting for the Wise Men” by Lee Kaercher pic.twitter.com/FHgfYJMh5W— Ron Joseph (@questar1959_ron) January...

December 27, 2019

Feast of St. John

There are two ways to read Scripture. One is to strap on skis and take...

December 16, 2019

The Key to My Heart

It's our anniversary today, so I thought I would offer this to my sweetie again:...

November 2019

November 28, 2019

The Mayflower Compact is Good Reading for Thanksgiving

In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall subjects of...

November 11, 2019

On This Veterans Day…

I offer thanks to all vets and apologies from a graceless and ungrateful country whose...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Since it’s his Feast Day…

And since I love cranky, crabby St. Jerome for showing that anybody can become a...

September 02, 2019

In Heaven It is Always Autumn

Lots of people reckon Autumn to start on the Autumnal Equinox on September 23. I...

July 2019

July 04, 2019

Thoughts on Self-Evident Truths

I wrote this nearly 20 years ago on the occasion of the Fourth of July....

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Ascension

Here's a little taste of the Creed book I'm working on: The Resurrection appearances of...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

Ash Wednesday

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

February 2019

February 14, 2019

St. Valentine and the Parkland Kids

This is an authentic expression of Catholic spirituality: Authentic Christian spirituality seeks the good of...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

Acts 9:1-9 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,...

January 21, 2019

It’s been 56 years…

...and the racist freak show that is the antichrist Christianist Cult of Trump still makes...

January 01, 2019

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and the Circumcision in the Temple

I like to meditate on the Presentation (when Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

Mazeltov to my Jewish Readers

Something rather amazing for the last day of Hanukkah.

December 08, 2018

The Virgin by William Wordworth

Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost With the least shade of thought to sin allied;...

November 2018

November 22, 2018

Some Psalms of Thanksgiving, In Honor of the Day

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

November 21, 2018

Thanksgiving and the Puritan Paradox

This week's piece for the Catholic Weekly, in honor of Thanksgiving: On November 22, we...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

For your Halloween edification….

... honest atheist Tim O'Neill takes apart this evergreen stupid meme that internet atheists endlessly...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

Assumption

For endless eons, Mother Earth has strained Heavenward. Strange sea life with new-minted eyes bumping...

February 2018

February 14, 2018

Jason Bach’s Got You Covered

...for all your VaLENTine needs: For more Valentine's Day goodness from the fertile brain of...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Christianism vs. Christ: A Refresher Course

Seeing as how it is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day, this seems like a good...

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