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June 2023

June 28, 2023

Proud and Prejudiced, Part II: I Answer That

This continues my discussion of Pride celebrations from last week. Ye Have Heard That It...

June 24, 2023

Proud and Prejudiced, Part I: Catholics and Gay Pride

A Summer Festivus How should Catholics respond to Pride festivities? A classic question for the...

May 2023

May 24, 2023

The Church of the Weeping Angels, Part 1

CONTENT WARNING: RACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES AND LANGUAGE. Hope In Fools Dr. Janet E. Smith...

April 2023

April 26, 2023

The Party of the Beast: Intro

A Sign of Contradiction Christian nationalism has gotten popular in the US over the last...

April 16, 2023

A Very Low Sunday

Low Sunday The first Sunday after Easter is known in the English tradition as "Low...

April 01, 2023

Meditations for Holy Week 2023

Palm Sunday In the rash lustihead of my young powers, . I shook the...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

Passiontide

The Veiling of the Ikons The Fifth Sunday in Lent, this past, is also known...

March 21, 2023

Five Quick Takes

I. As it's the twentieth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, a lot of...

March 18, 2023

The Disk-Horse’s Last Cup of Coffee

The Story So Far For those just tuning in, this series is about gender transition...

March 12, 2023

The Elevenses of the Disk Horse

Go to these links for the Dawn and Brunch of the Gender-Havers, respectively. If you're...

March 01, 2023

The Disk Horse Rides Again: Brunch of the Gender-Havers

Content Warning: this post includes references throughout to transphobic rhetoric, self-harm, and eating disorders. Go...

February 2023

February 21, 2023

The Disk Horse Rides Again: Dawn of the Gender-Havers

Content Warning: this post includes references throughout to transphobic1 rhetoric, self-harm, and eating disorders. The...

February 16, 2023

De Doctrina Christiana: or, The Night of the Disk Horse

Logos In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the...

January 2023

January 20, 2023

They Heed Not Moses or the Prophets

THOMAS Unbar the doors! throw open the doors! I will not have the house of...

January 15, 2023

An Inquisition Into Heretical Depravity

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying,...

December 2022

December 31, 2022

After These Things Do the Gentiles Seek

Why do the nations so furiously rage together, And why do the people imagine a...

December 01, 2022

Christian Nationalism; or, the Voice of the Dragon

And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

Hearts and Minds, Part Two

What Were We Talking About? Okay! With all of that as setup, let's begin. The...

November 20, 2022

Winning Hearts and Minds for Catholicism: Ew

How Did I Get Here This started as a reply to a tweet—a reply that...

November 15, 2022

Five Quick Takes

I. I had hoped to continue my series on Christian nationalism a bit more promptly,...

October 2022

October 28, 2022

Who’s Afraid of William Wolfe? Pt. 1

Vade Retro I sure amn't! Let's talk about him. To start: I have only the...

October 19, 2022

The Fog

Annuntiamus: We Proclaim Tiring of trying It's a necessary dying Like the horseshoe crab in...

October 05, 2022

Bleed

Forty Lashes, Minus One I've found more than once in the history of Mudblood Catholic1...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

Five Quick Takes

I. As people who've followed me for a while may have guessed, I've been in...

August 2022

August 30, 2022

A Crisis of Faith, Chapter I: The Creed

The Symbol of the Faith Catholic Christianity claims to be a lot of things: a...

August 19, 2022

A Crisis of Faith: Prologue

What Is Even Going On Up There? I'm not sure how clear this has been...

July 2022

July 15, 2022

A Fisking of Fr. McDermott’s “Please Don’t Call Me Father”

If you're wondering what or whomst I'm talking about, America Magazine recently posted an article...

July 12, 2022

Gnosticism Is Like a Religion,,, Part II

Go here for Part I. Gnosticism: A Hinge Profile So, to recap, Gnosticism: involved a...

June 2022

June 23, 2022

Gnosticism Is Like a Religion,,, Part I

Introduction in Defense of Everything Else Because people keep running their mouths and bugging me...

June 14, 2022

The Church and the World

By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair: But all night as the moon...