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June 2022

June 04, 2022

The Sorrows of the Sacred Heart

Love Thy Neighbor Full disclosure: this post is not an in-depth look at the sorrows...

May 2022

May 18, 2022

Time for a Little Pontification

It's been a while since I wrote something here that was just fun. In the...

May 11, 2022

A New Page in History

Content Warning: Given the topic, this post uses words such as abortion many times, and...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

Five Quick Takes

I. Photograph of Taoyateduta, also known as Little Crow, a leader in the Dakota War...

April 23, 2022

Rosary Meditations: The Glorious Mysteries

Go here for a short intro to the rosary and for meditations on the Joyful,...

April 13, 2022

Rosary Meditations: The Sorrowful Mysteries

Go here for a general introduction to the rosary, and here for meditations on the...

April 08, 2022

Meditations for Holy Week 2022

Note: the passage I chose for Good Friday this year is from Flannery O'Connor's novel...

April 02, 2022

Rosary Meditations: The Luminous Mysteries

Go here for an introduction to the rosary, and here for meditations on the Joyful...

March 2022

March 31, 2022

Rosary Meditations: The Joyful Mysteries

Go here for an introduction to the rosary. The Mysteries The Joyful Mysteries revolve around...

March 29, 2022

Rosary Meditations: Intro

Some years ago, I adopted the practice of using Scripture passages as meditations on each...

March 21, 2022

With My Body, I Thee Worship: Part Six

Go here for Parts One, Two, Three, Four, and Five. Last time, we closed on...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

With My Body, I Thee Worship, Part Five

Go here for Parts One, Two, Three, and Four. It's been a mere month since...

February 17, 2022

Lenten Reading for 2022

Most years, I chose a book to go through as part of my Lenten discipline....

February 09, 2022

On Side B Drama

I Came Here to Chew Bubblegum and Yell at People A few days ago, there...

January 2022

January 29, 2022

With My Body, I Thee Worship: Part Four

Go here for Parts One, Two, and Three. Enter the Implications Okay. So most people...

January 16, 2022

With My Body, I Thee Worship: Part Three

Go here for the first and second installments. As Long As We're Listening to the...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

2021 Year in Review

Well! 2021 was not as bad as 2020, so that's really something. How about those...

December 18, 2021

With My Body, I Thee Worship: Part Two

Go here for Part One. Content Warning: This post contains discussions of medical and sexual...

December 15, 2021

With My Body, I Thee Worship: Part One

Peter, Gate My Sheep Last week, the Diocese of Marquette brought out a new policy...

December 10, 2021

Review: “Tenderness”

Eve Tushnet, author of Gay and Catholic, Amends, and Punishment: A Love Story, has just...

December 03, 2021

Peace on Earth—War on Twitter

Source Back in the spring of 2020, when there were a lot of anti-racist protests...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

Creation

A week or two ago, I was leafing through an old journal I used to...

November 20, 2021

Sempiternam Requiem

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, which commemorates trans people who've died by violence. I...

November 05, 2021

The Feast of Guy Fawkes

For anyone familiar with the origin of the holiday, the fact that Guy Fawkes has...

October 2021

October 31, 2021

Sneak Preview: “The Book of Salt”

Back in 2015, I published my first novel, Death's Dream Kingdom. I am currently working...

October 19, 2021

Thirteen Creepy Saints

It is spooky season, and there's nothing Catholics do better than chopping up our dead...

October 06, 2021

Review: “Midnight Mass”

After an insanely busy couple of weeks at my day job, I am back on...

September 2021

September 21, 2021

Vile Bodies, Part Two: The Dream of Burning Lilies

CONTENT WARNING This series discusses sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Please read with...

September 14, 2021

Vile Bodies, Part One: Give or Take

CONTENT WARNING This series discusses sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Please read with...

September 11, 2021

9/11/2021

Photo by Michael Foran Twenty years ago today. It's strange that this anniversary feels so...