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February 2021

February 16, 2021

Let the Good Times Roll!

When I was a freshman in parochial high school, the nun I had as a...

February 15, 2021

TKUG: Rolling Up on Lent Edition

Time flies when you are having fun (at home. In a pandemic.). Lent begins this...

January 2021

January 18, 2021

TKUG–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Edition

photo by Wikimedia commons It is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here...

January 09, 2021

Dark Devotional: To Fear God and Act Uprightly

“The Lord will bless His people with peace.” This is one option for the responsorial...

May 2019

May 24, 2019

Dark Devotional: A Prayer for Peace

"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the...

February 2019

February 05, 2019

Advocacy and Exile: Roy Bourgeois and the Fight for Women’s Ordination

“What I came to, is that as Catholic priest, I was in a profession...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

Mea Maxima Culpa: Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals Tempt Us to Despair

At this writing, the grotesque moral stench of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report lingers in...

September 04, 2018

Bishops, Fight Your Own War (Or Better Yet, Remember Who You Are)

Bishops, Fight Your Own War (Or Better Yet, Remember Who You Are) Before August...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

Fantasy Football and the Catholic Church

Every autumn, I’m left scratching my head as friends and family begin to fill out...

August 21, 2018

Reaction Round Up: A Hall of Shame

The past week has been eye opening. Not only is the world more aware than...

August 15, 2018

Dear Catholic Bishops, Time’s Up

Over the past few weeks, we at Sick Pilgrim have watched with unease as the...

July 2018

July 12, 2018

Sick Pilgrim Goes to the Movies: Pope Francis

In the romance languages the word sin means lacking or without. As a catholic,...

July 10, 2018

The Mothers at the Border Are Named Jochaved

Like many, I’ve been deeply grieved by the policy of family separation at the border....

June 2018

June 28, 2018

Little House in the 21st Century

This week, the American Library Association announced that it would be removing Laura Ingalls...

June 22, 2018

Dark Devotional: Prayers for the Faithful

Art by the devout and confiscated Brian Jocks. O God, who raised up Saint...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Pest’s Letters: This Son-of-a-bitch Doesn’t Stand for the National Anthem Either

Dear Patriot, I’ll set the stage for you. Smells of sweat and cheap beer hastily...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Sleepwalking by Issa Lewis

Camp Innisfree was “up north,” as people from Michigan's lower peninsula called anything north...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

Taking Intersectionality to Church

I just read an article in First Things, called “First Church of Intersectionality,” by Elizabeth Corey. Her article...

May 2017

May 08, 2017

The Theology of Suffering Questions the Benedict Option

Allow me to tell you a story. A few years ago, I went through the...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Beyonce and the Black Madonna

A few thoughts on Beyonce's pregnant body: It is breathtakingly beautiful. It is unashamedly sensual....

January 2017

January 13, 2017

Sick Pilgrim and Sacramental Weird Fiction Writer, William Paul Blatty, Has Passed.

I'm sad today. William Peter Blatty has gone into the Unseen realm. As the writer...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

The Dark Side of Christmas: The Murder of Innocents

“They said there’ll be snow at Christmas. They said there’ll be peace on Earth. But...

December 19, 2016

Advent: The Catholic Church IS the Rebellion

A few days ago, I was talking about the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One...

December 04, 2016

Feast of St. Nicholas: Slap a Heretic Day. Or Why Are We Hitting Ourselves?

Tuesday is the feast day of St. Nicholas and as usual, the story of him...

November 2016

November 25, 2016

The Broken Body of Christ at the Border

Last month, I attended Mass at the border; I was part of a community of...

November 09, 2016

We Keep Ramblin’ On… (Some Post-Election Thoughts)

In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo laments to Gandalf about having to carry the...

November 07, 2016

Bear One Another’s Burdens This Election Day.

I looked around at my fellow Confirmands, most of them hiding zits with heavy doses...

November 07, 2016

Pornography, the Election, and the Problem of a Woman in Power

I first experienced pornography when I was 10 years old. It was 1985. One of my...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

Jack Chick and The Year of Mercy.

HAW! HAW! HAW! My parents threw themselves into the charismatic movement of the late...

October 12, 2016

Scary Things You Should Watch (Other than the Presidential Election)

Like most of you, we are horrified at the progression of this presidential election. It's...