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October 2019

October 18, 2019

My sincerest apologies to Stephen Herreid

He writes: On October 7th, you published a piece (here) that included an image of...

May 2019

May 04, 2019

I think I need to repent and apologize

So a few weeks back, I discussed this rather striking moment in my prayer life...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

Where Peter Is plays a little game…

of "Which Pope Said This?": “As the years went by and the Church spread further...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Sorting Out the Covington Narratives

Fr. James Martin does a pretty reasonable job of picking over the emerging narratives: Re...

January 22, 2018

So I took a piece down and I think I should say why

A week or so ago, I wrote a piece about Steve Bannon's suddenly banishment from...

December 2017

December 05, 2017

What it’s Like Going to Church When You Are Homeless

A great collection of interviews by Eve Tushnet: Mr. Brandkamp described the similar vulnerability and...

September 2017

September 06, 2017

What I brought to confession on Saturday

The Sunday readings really spoke to me. We've been spending a lot of time in...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

Our Lady is So Gentle

So today I went to Mass. I've been out of sorts lately, feeling not very...

June 2017

June 22, 2017

A somewhat rambly discussion of my sins

So the other day I'm at Mass and doing my thinkpray stumblebum through the liturgy....

March 2017

March 25, 2017

Went to confession today…

...and thought, "I think I need to come to confession here too." I have been,...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Mea culpa occasioned by a really thoughtful piece on hope for the redemption of the GOP

...wrapped in a generous and beautiful retrospective on the career of George Wallace. It occasions...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Fr. Paul Scalia on how fighting for the Church…

...can destroy your charity--a topic remarkably addressed to my condition in this stressful time.

July 13, 2016

An honest and heartfelt exchange with a friend who feels that I’ve changed

Joe Grabowski writes (echoing similar letters from other friends and acquaintances I've gotten): I'm writing...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

We’re All Bad Catholics, Especially Me

And that is under discussion over at the Register. Speaking of which, one of my...

September 2015

September 08, 2015

Guilty as Charged

More than that, I'm guilty of crucifying Jesus again: All sinners were the authors of...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

So a short while ago I ignorantly popped off

...about an experiment to try to crash the mosquito population in an area with a...

March 2014

March 06, 2014

Apologies Seem an Appropriate Way to Start Lent

So yesterday, as has happened before, I lost my temper with people making excuses for...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

John McAfee…

...knows rather a lot about cyber-security. So when he calls the Obamacare site a hacker's...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

I’ve been an angry jerk of late

Erin Manning writes: Mark, I read your piece on the liturgy today, and you know...

July 2013

July 02, 2013

Kevin O’Brien Offers a Retraction and Apology, and Therefore So Do I

I was told by two sources, one of them Kevin, that James O'Keefe had secretly...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Making Reparations

Part of apologizing for sin is to make reparations. The trick, of course, is figuring...

June 04, 2013

Through my fault, through my fault, through my own most grievous fault

The past week has not been a pleasant one, but it has been a fruitful...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

And While I am Doing Mea Culpas

...here is another thing that affects various members of my audience. I dislike lots of...

March 18, 2013

So Where Did This Weekend’s Mahony Postings Go?

Basically, they went down a Lenten repentance hole because I think they were bad for...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

I… Just… Don’t…. Know if I Can Ever…. Trust…. You… Again

Now and then I will state some opinion about something, or lose my temper, or...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

When You are Dealing with People Who are Not Ready for Civilization…

...you be more cautious in sourcing stories. Last night I ran a reaction to a...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Me and My Big Mouth

Over at John C. Wright's blog, a reader writes that he has struggled for years...

July 23, 2012

Things I Feel Bad About

So one of the little annoyances in life for me (emphasis on little) is People...

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