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April 2020

April 29, 2020

Malachi, the Pandemic, and the Unexpected Judgments of God

“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom...

August 2019

August 13, 2019

The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats and “Forgive them, Father. They know not what they do.”

The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is about the judgment of "the nations"...

May 2019

May 31, 2019

I’ve been noodling the Transfiguration lately

The story, interestingly, is told a couple of times in the liturgical calendar, once on...

May 16, 2019

Taking apart the false theory of penal substitutionary atonement

I read this on Good Friday and loved it, It's called "If atonement ain't penal,...

March 2019

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 05, 2019

The End of Ordinary Time

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

January 2019

January 02, 2019

Interesting attempt to figure out the nothingness at the heart of fascism

Paul speaks of the "mystery of evil". And Augustine remarks that when a creature sins...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

Meditating on Meditation and Something I Realized the Other Day

So I went to Mass yesterday and Father talked about the goodness of Christian meditation....

July 2018

July 20, 2018

Finding Fellowship in Innocent Sufferings

In the providential wisdom of God we are punished by, not for, our sins. The...

June 2018

June 07, 2018

Pete Vere has an interesting argument

...with Fr. Dwight Longenecker about "Warrior" Christians that gets me thinking of a tangent. His...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

Grace, Karma, and the Need to Renew our Faith

Bishop Barron wrote a piece a while back on Grace and Karma: A karmic approach...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Spy Wednesday

...is the day for recalling the betrayal by Judas Iscariot, who went to the chief...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

Trying to Learn New Habits of Honoring People

So about a week or so ago, I was praying the Rosary, specifically the Mystery...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Interesting piece on the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs

and what happened in the seconds, minutes, hours, days and years that followed. One of...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Orthodox Weirdness and the Uniqueness of Different Forms of Goodness and Corruption

Orthodox Radical Ponders Putin's Divinity One of the things I've noticed about religious traditions is...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

The Basic Structure of the Post-Constitutional American Order

Mammon has no interest in the claims to human dignity for the useless. Only God...

February 18, 2014

Leah Libresco Reviews Dawkins’ An Appetite for Wonder

It's a fine review. What strikes me about it is that Libresco, who really does...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Toward a Theology of Infertility

Thoughtful piece by reader Mike Brummond.

December 2013

December 02, 2013

Unto us a Child is Born

A little reflection on what it means to realize that your children are not your...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

What I Saw on Our Hidden Island Redoubt

This past Friday the Swiss Family Shea and friends took off for our Hidden Island...

June 2013

June 11, 2013

A Reader Sez Something Profound

"The devil does not care about killing the children as much as he wants to...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

There are two questions we all must face on Spy Wednesday

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

March 27, 2013

On the Eve of Holy Thursday…

I reflect on why it was this sacrifice was so necessary for our salvation. I...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

I never thought of this

...but the psychology of it seems obvious once Benedict points it out: "Judas could have...

August 14, 2012

Margaret Rose Realy…

has such a lovely sweet spirit.

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