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December 2019

December 02, 2019

Unto Us Child is Born

Here's a little piece I wrote long ago in celebration of both Advent and the...

November 2018

November 01, 2018

Devil Talk

With the rise of anti-semitism due to the Cult of Trump and the Christianist habit...

August 2018

August 24, 2018

Here’s a little blast from the past…

...made timely again by the various calls from various sectors for us to do penance...

March 2018

March 06, 2018

Jesus surprised to learn Christianity is not a religion

From the delightful Babylon Bee: HEAVEN—Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior of the...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

The Many Paradoxes of Thanksgiving

A fun piece I wrote some years back on the poor Puritan and his forced...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

5 Myths about Seven Books: Now in German!

Here it is!

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Happy New Year Again!

Yr. Obdt. Svt. on Calendrical Curiosities.

August 2014

August 21, 2014

The Drama of Faith…

...means that we live our lives as priestly sub-creators.

August 08, 2014

The Drama of Faith: Part Two

Today we look at the way in which mask wearing and acting, good and bad,...

August 07, 2014

The Drama of Faith

The Church and the Stage is the first in a little series by Yr Obdt...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Yr. Obdt. Svt. on Blogging

...is under discussion over at Intercollegiate Review.

June 2014

June 02, 2014

A Tale of Two Covenants

There's a bit of kerfuffle I'm hearing through the grapevine about my views on the...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

Since I seem to baffle so many people…

I thought I'd link this little refresher on how my weird brain works. Nothing much...

April 2014

April 12, 2014

Human Sacrifice…

...among the ideologues is under discussion over at Catholic World Report, courtesy of Yr Obdt....

February 2014

February 27, 2014

“Outside the Church, No Salvation” is true

...but then again "we don't know where "outside" is. We know where the Church is....

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Pious Fantasy and the Liberty of the Believer

Today's Sheaving in honor of the Feast of Holy Innocents

December 27, 2013

Since it’s the Feast of St. John…

I offer you this action-packed Sheaving I wrote some time ago on the question "Is...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Exalted Felicitations of the Weekend!

Pilgrim's Progress: In which we contemplate the ironies of the Pilgrim Adventure as it played...

November 08, 2013

Get Religion on the Use of the Word “Devout”

They, like me, thinks it's a word the press beats to death on the flimsiest...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Von Balthasar on Global Theatre

Interesting piece here. And being as how I'm Irish and not afraid to stick my...

August 2013

August 05, 2013

Christian Democracy Has to Live in Tension

...between our dignity and our fallenness. Yr. Obdt. Svt's contribution to the fledgling webzine Christian...

July 2013

July 10, 2013

A little primer on indulgences

Whenever the Pope grants an indulgence, a certain percentage of people freak out and panic...

July 09, 2013

Periodically there is a kerfuffle about Muslims worshipping the same God we do

Before 9/11/01, it wasn't such a big deal. But after that, a lot of Catholics...

June 2013

June 11, 2013

Avoiding the Genetic Fallacy

...over at Catholic World Report.

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