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July 2021

July 21, 2021

Thoughts on “Traditionis Custodes”

Getting the Facts Straight Catholic media has been abuzz for the last several days over...

May 2021

May 15, 2021

Five Quick Takes

I. Thanks to a schedule misunderstanding, I missed my parish's Ascension liturgy on Thursday, for...

March 2021

March 27, 2021

Meditations for Holy Week 2021

Palm Sunday Matthew 21.1-11, Mark 11.1-11, Luke 19.28-44, John 12.12-19 Hail Eärendil, of mariners most...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

Five Quick Takes

I. Thanks to a Twitter friend, I've been getting into the late Fr. Herbert McCabe...

January 2021

January 02, 2021

Some Thoughts on Sermons

AHAB (All Homilies Are Bad) As many of my readers know, I'm a convert to...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Poem: Whitsunday Eve

I wrote this poem for Pentecost on my old site a couple of years ago....

May 20, 2020

The Ascension and the Eucharist

Tonight is the vigil of Christ's Ascension. Forty days after he rose from the grave,...

April 2020

April 09, 2020

Good Friday Fasting

We've come to the close of Lent. Tonight the Triduum begins with the Maundy Thursday...

April 05, 2020

Meditations for Holy Week

Palm Sunday The beginning of Christendom is, strictly, at a point out of time. A...

January 2020

January 29, 2020

Since My Last Confession

I'm sitting at my desk, drinking a beer and listening to Dishwalla (shut up), and...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

A Program for Reform, Part Two

Part One Let's start with some suggestions for reforming authority structures in the Church, shall...

November 02, 2019

Prayers for All Souls

So today was All Souls, a.k.a. Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead....

October 2019

October 28, 2019

The Mark of the Pharisee

Yesterday's epistle and gospel readings form, at first glance, an odd pair. Here, in my...

October 24, 2019

Theotokos or Pachamama?

The suspicion, hostility, and charges of idolatry being launched against the Amazon Synod, the Vatican...

July 2019

July 28, 2019

Saint Michael’s Lent

In just under three weeks, an unofficial sort of season starts in the Church's calendar...