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October 2014

October 10, 2014

Question about Election and Predestination

A reader writes: The text "Many are called, few are chosen" is often used to...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Crowdsourcing Some Ideas from My Readers

A reader writes: Here in our small southern town, it is difficult for me to...

September 26, 2014

Another question about the deuterocanon

A reader writes: I have read your article on deuterocanonical books, your reasons on why...

September 26, 2014

Question about Mysterious Pain

A reader writes: Here's a theological question if you need blog material. I have had...

September 25, 2014

Franciscan September Song

Sister Julie Ann writes: Thought you might like to share a simply good song with...

September 20, 2014

Question and Answer

A reader asks: Why hasn't there been a more concerted effort of outreach to bring...

September 19, 2014

First They Came for the Bloggers and…

Hey! Waitaminnit! That's me! Reader Joe Wagner writes: I stumbled across an old post of...

September 03, 2014

Why be Catholic when I’ve been baptized?

A reader writes: I have a friend who is an Evangelical. Over the years she...

September 02, 2014

A Correspondence with a Reader about Occult Stuff

The occult is something where I am mostly out of my depth, particularly when it...

September 01, 2014

On Walmart Firing a Woman for Getting Pregnant

A reader writes: I know that some of your readers have refused to acknowledge that...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

A reader writes a very kind letter about Mary, Mother of the Son

Sez he: I am a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Seattle starting my first year...

August 25, 2014

A reader asks about a pregnant neighbor

He writes: I have a question I thought you might be able to help me...

August 13, 2014

Pray for Peace in Iraq

Reader Garrett Johnson writes: Our #20DaysForPeace, consists of 20 days of offerings for our brothers and...

August 11, 2014

A manly anonymous reader gets to the bottom of things

A reader from the Party of Personal Responsibility locates the real culprits for the catastrophe...

August 07, 2014

This is just about as Meta as it gets

So I'm fond of impressionists, and particularly fond of Jim Meskimen, who you may remember...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Reader Thomas Snowden writes to thank God and Youse Guys

Sez he: I wrote to you back in March asking for prayers for my baby...

July 15, 2014

Interesting and Perceptive Letter from a Reader

He writes: I've read two of your books (By What Authority? and Making Senses out...

July 14, 2014

A reader struggles with Purgatory and Mortal/Venial Sin Distinctions

He writes: I must admit that I'm struggling with reconciling some things I'm reading about...

July 09, 2014

A reader asks about Eucharistic gluten and celiac sufferers

A reader writes: Could you address the recent increase in gluten free hosts for those...

July 08, 2014

When I get letters like this…

...I am always reminded of this passage from the gospels: Then the Pharisees went and...

July 08, 2014

A Reader Wonders about Some of the Marriagey passages in the NT

He writes: How does the Church interpret the following scriptural passages pertaining to men as...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

A reader who knows about Life Insurancey stuff writes…

I read the "chance to do a work of mercy" from yesterday about the family...

June 18, 2014

A question above my pay grade

A reader writes: I read the following passage in an article from 14 year ago....

May 2014

May 31, 2014

A Reader Mulls Over a Scenario

She writes: ...in case you ever get bored with ticking bomb scenarios, Harry Potter, and...

May 20, 2014

A Question About the Election of the Apostle Mathias

A reader writes: In Acts 1, the selection of Mathias as the replacement Apostle is...

May 08, 2014

A Reader Wonders if We are at the End of the Counter-Reformation

He writes: I have a thought I'd like to share with you. It seems to...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Why read Catholic and Enjoying it?

I'll tell you why! Check out this unsolicited testimonial: "OMGOSH I am laughing so hard!!!!!!!...

April 15, 2014

Interesting Question About the Sacrament of Marriage

A reader writes: I have enthusiastically read your blog for some time now. I greatly...

April 15, 2014

A reader struggles with a failure

He writes: I really feel bad and ashamed of myself tonight. What happened is when...

April 09, 2014

Templeton Prize Winner Msgr. Tomas Malik

A reader writes: The very worthy Msgr. Tomas Halik won the Templeton prize. Just a...

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