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July 2021

July 02, 2021

Dark Devotional: The Petulant Winds of Elation

Elation. The word St. Paul uses in the epistle today is one we use rarely...

January 2021

January 20, 2021

Prayers of the Faithful on Inauguration Day

Please pray with us for our country: For taking the planet’s resources for granted,...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Mental Illness and and the Darkness of Lent

As someone with depression and anxiety, it’s always with mixed emotions that I approach Lent--and...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

Dark Devotional: Bigger Than Holy Dirt

Original art by the sparkly and crystalline Brian Jocks. "There is nothing so secular it...

May 2018

May 02, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part VIII

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will be...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Dark Devotional: Love in the Kingdom of Heaven

I don’t care for the Bible terribly well. Probably because it was held up like...

September 2017

September 23, 2017

Dark Devotional: Remain in the Flesh

I feel a little grandiose saying my life is necessary for anyone’s benefit, but the...

June 2017

June 19, 2017

Séance with the Freudenabteilung (or, Communing with Dead Nazi Sex Slaves): Listening to Joy Division as Religious Experience

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not...

April 2017

April 21, 2017

Dark Devotional: Pardoning Thomas

I was hospitalized twice for a total of 28 days in a period of 38 days for...

January 2017

January 19, 2017

Dark Devotional: We must be crazy

Mark 3:21: For they said: He is become mad. He was crowded by so many...

January 10, 2017

Praying with Depression (and Children)

"I want us to recite the Lord’s Prayer together in the mornings as a family...

January 08, 2017

Dark Devotional: Baptism in the Crapper

My parish has persevered for over a century, resisting many of the trends that reduced...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

Dark Devotional: Monsters Inside Me

I’ve never been much for being scared out of my mind by horror flicks or...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Dark Devotional: A Holy Distraction

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For many years, my father was the only saint I’d pray to. St. Paul...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Catholic-Attracted? Come Sit By Us. A Reflection on the Festival of Faith and Writing

We're still recovering from our first-ever Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College--where Jonathan and...

April 11, 2016

Festival of Faith and Writing: Come Meet Us!

Sick Pilgrims! Come hang with us at the Festival of Faith and Writing next week. Jess...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

The Dark Devotional: St. Thomas Didymus: A Heart Made Double by Breaking

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So...