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December 2021

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...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

Creation

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

November 05, 2021

The Feast of Guy Fawkes

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

September 2021

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...

August 2021

August 06, 2021

Thoughts on National Repentance, Part III: A Sample Case

Go here for Part I and Part II. Repenting of centuries of racism and genocide...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

Thoughts on National Repentance, Part II: Unoriginal Sin

What Do a National Repentance? I've been giving more thought to this post. If we...

June 19, 2021

Thoughts on National Repentance

On Holiday Juneteenth has been declared a federal holiday. On the one hand, I'm pretty...

June 10, 2021

Whose June Is It?

Deus Vult: Conquer June Around the end of May and the beginning of June, I...

June 02, 2021

A Sneak Preview

I've been finding it difficult to write here lately (and I think I know why;...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

The Revolt of Fr. Altman

Who Is Fr. Altman? Fr. James Altman of Wisconsin has achieved notoriety over the past...

April 2021

April 07, 2021

A Brief Word on Transphobic Politics

What's Going On? A lot of you have probably heard about the bill that just...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

A Fisking of Bishop Barron’s “We’re All Becoming Platonists Now”

Yesterday on Twitter was an incredible shit show for reasons I'm not going into here...

February 2021

February 24, 2021

Five Quick Takes

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

February 16, 2021

Review: “No Longer Strangers” by Gregory Coles

No Longer Strangers No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging In a World of Alienation is the...

February 02, 2021

FASH 104: Children of the Sun

Earlier posts: I Can't Believe It's Not Fascism, Good Country Volk, Infiltration. Caution: this post...

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...

December 2020

December 17, 2020

Why the Left Isn’t Nice Enough, Part V: Mea Maxima Copout

Earlier posts in this series: When You Cancel the Abyss, the Abyss Also Cancels You;...

December 12, 2020

Would You Like Some Murder With Your Heresy?

Roma Locuta In 412, St. Augustine preached his hundred and thirty-first sermon. Referring to ongoing...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Selections from “The Hiding Place”: The One Hundredth Birthday Party

The last couple of weeks have taken a lot out of me. I tried twice...

September 14, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part Ten: So What?

Previous posts in this series: Intro to BLM, Marxism, Is BLM Marxist?, Violence, Reporting on...

August 2020

August 06, 2020

Can Catholics Support Black Lives Matter? Part One: Intro to BLM

For starters, I'm talking about the organization. If you don't understand why Catholics must agree...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

By the Waters of Babylon

The news hit today that SCOTUS, in a 5-4 ruling, struck down a pro-life bill...

June 22, 2020

CST 105B: What Else Is Wrong With Capitalism?

For previous posts in this series, see CST 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105A. Capitalism...

June 17, 2020

CST 105A: What’s Wrong With Capitalism?

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left CST 103:...

June 12, 2020

CST 104: More Like Catholic Socialist Teaching!

CST 101: A Crash Course in Leftism CST 102: Liberalism vs. the Left CST 103:...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

Catholic Social Teaching—An Incomplete Index

I'm planning a series on why, as a Catholic, leftism is good actually. In preparation,...

April 2020

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 15, 2020

Catholicism, War, America, and Christ: The Conditions of Just War

Intro; Part One Every life is sacred. The only reason the Church can even consider...

January 08, 2020

Catholicism, War, America, and Christ: Violence and Warfare

Intro Violence is a bad thing. This basic truth—intuitive enough to most people that I...