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August 2021

August 11, 2021

Johannine Anti-language

You can't really understand the Gospel of John without getting Johannine anti-language. In light of last...

August 07, 2021

Eating Flesh and Drinking Blood is Anti-Language

Let's break down what eating flesh and drinking blood would have meant to first-century Israelites....

August 06, 2021

Flesh and Blood

This August, Sunday Gospels swim in “John.” The Gospel reading for this Sunday is John 6:41-51....

July 2021

July 25, 2021

Sharing? Miracle? Both? Nope!—Multiplying Loaves and Fish

Sorry to U.S. Bible readers, but Jesus’ wonder of multiplying loaves and fish was neither...

June 2021

June 07, 2021

Last Supper Wasn’t Passover

It turns out that the Last Supper wasn’t Passover, unlike what some Gospels interpret. Yesterday...

April 2021

April 15, 2021

Dawkins & the Eucharist

Dawkins is a silly atheist turned into something serious by Catholic fundamentalists. Richard Dawkins is...

October 2020

October 16, 2020

Carlo Acutis & Catholic Nonsense

No more JPII saints. I am nauseated by them. As should you be. This...

September 2020

September 16, 2020

Who Is Worthy of the Eucharist?

Who is worthy of inclusion at the Lord's Table matters in times when Eucharist is...

August 2020

August 23, 2020

Do Baptism and Eucharist Need Magic Words?

Baptism and Eucharist should be more than using correct verbal formulas. COVID-19 continues to ravage...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

More Important than Belief in the Real Presence?

More important than belief in the real presence is knowing who is really present. Sometimes...

July 09, 2020

Personal Story: A Fellow Dying Inmate

Personal Story from the author of these blogs about how saving love met him in...

June 2020

June 14, 2020

Eucharist: The Most Important Transformation

Eucharist, the source and summit of our Christian lives, concerns unity and transformation—but what is...

January 2020

January 21, 2020

Sacrilege Reveals Scratch-Off Atheists

Sacrilege should never happen, but sometimes it does, and it can even be the occasion...

August 2019

August 27, 2019

Beyond the Narrow Gate: Understand Jesus vs Mere Acquaintance

The Gospel story from "Luke" concerning entry through the narrow gate offers a great challenge...