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November 2015

November 19, 2015

What to do about refugees?

Pray. Pray! Maybe you don't need a reminder, but I do. Almost none of us are...

September 2015

September 10, 2015

Why does the Church make things so complicated?

If a dumb sheep starts nibbling on the medicine spoon, rather than drinking the medicine,...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

St. Bernard, pray for . . . wha?

Speaking of distraction from prayer, that narthex is where parents of small children...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

A simple reminder: Pray for police

Every siren should be a reminder that someone is in trouble -- a victim, a perpetrator,...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Has Etsy banned the sale of sacramentals?

To a casual onlooker, it really does seem like Catholics believe that if you die...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Discernment: What It Does and Doesn’t Mean

PIC wizard watching chicken It does mean: The Holy Spirit works kind of like MSG, enhancing and heightening...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

I have a job for you, baby.

Not the little guy who just kicked me for the first time, that...

August 12, 2014

At the Register: What does the Church teach about suicide?

The modern Church understands that depression and other psychological disturbances that might lead a person...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Great article about Catholics and depression

Michael J. Lichens contributes a guest post to The Catholic Gentleman: Black Dog Days: How...

June 05, 2014

At the Register: Worry, and Other Unappealing Temptations

PIC snake eating itself When we are tempted to fall into chronic worry,...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

At the Register: Yarr, Novenas

I don't know why the crestfallen pirate voice always seems appropriate to me, but it...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

At the Register: How to thaw a frozen heart

Look what I wrote while I was half in the bag and it's almost midnight!

November 2013

November 26, 2013

At the Register: Savor the Name

Hiding and shining in the middle of every Hail Mary.

October 2013

October 10, 2013

At the Register: All Creation Rightly Sings Your Praise

Still listening to those crickets. Along with G. M. Hopkins, and Augustine, and Richard Wilbur,...

September 2013

September 07, 2013

I repent of my early support for the Iraq War

I wish I had listened to John Paul II at the time, and I have...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

At the Register: Blessing Your Blessings

Praying for, with, and over your children.

September 2010

September 27, 2010

Good bye, guys, good bye! Have a good day -- have a good hike! It's...

September 02, 2010

Pray to Edith Stein. It couldn’t hoit!

I don't know what my problem is, but I have a problem with novenas. ...

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