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October 2017

October 06, 2017

Christ Behind the Screen

I went to confession. It had been way too long.

October 04, 2017

The Mirror and the Font

I took Rose on an expedition to the thrift shop, to look for fifty cent...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

How Do You Love A Country?

I have been informed, in the comment section, that since I don't love my country,...

September 24, 2017

What Do You Call a Catholic Against the Pope?

There is a word for a Catholic who thinks the Pope is an anti-pope, and...

September 19, 2017

The Table and the Cross

Lately, anything to do with Catholics has felt like dysfunctional family dinners.

September 14, 2017

Portrait of a Man

The powerful start wars. The helpless go to war, lose limbs, and come back needing...

September 11, 2017

I Think We Ought To Try

It was a sunny Tuesday morning. On the news, someone was interviewing the Duchess...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

Vocation of the Half-Baked Catholic

I shouldn't have gone to church on Sunday. No, really, I shouldn't. I was...

August 01, 2017

Why Don’t The Poor Cook From Scratch?

I had a run-in with an interesting gentleman just now-- the kind of person you...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Sharing Onions

My friend Rebecca has harvested her onions for the year. She set up a tent...

July 25, 2017

Something to Say on the ACA

If your plan involves knowingly endangering lives as a means to an end, then it's...

July 13, 2017

A Sleeping Bag and a Sack of Rice

I happened to notice this in my newsfeed today; please take a look when...

July 11, 2017

Modesty, Edification and a Cheap Church Poster

Sometimes I see something online that leaves me puzzled the whole rest of the day....

July 07, 2017

A Baptist Walks Into A Casino…

People keep making Baptist jokes lately. "The difference between a Baptist and a Catholic is...

July 06, 2017

The Firework People

There was an enormous explosion up the street. "That one's got to be illegal," I...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Ohio Valley Canticle

I've been trying to fit in here for almost eleven years now-- trying to find a...

June 25, 2017

All of Us Relics

I get along better with relics than with live people.

June 20, 2017

The Toy Box Trap And The Heart of Christ

I am not a wise person, but I've become wiser in this respect: I realize...

June 12, 2017

Still Water

My mother knew a religious sister-- let's call her Sister Angeline. Sister Angeline was a...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

The Violent Bear It Away: A Response To Dave Daubenmire’s Violent Idolatry

It's always strange to see someone I knew from my "old life" online. Years and years...

May 20, 2017

Darkly, But I See

I don't know how we'll keep ourselves alive across the river in West Virginia. I...

May 12, 2017

Courage and the Crocodile Pit

Is anyone else nervous lately? I've been a little nervous lately. Alternately angry and nervous,...

May 09, 2017

What Would Benedict Do?

The combox is interesting lately. Oh, it's always interesting. All three of the usual comment...

May 08, 2017

An Eastern Orthodox Reviews “The Benedict Option”

The only thing worse than watching Tommy Wiseau’s heartbreaking work of staggering genius The Room,...

May 03, 2017

Essential Oils Will Not Save You From The Three Days of Darkness

Back on the Planet Charismatic, we believed in the Three Days of Darkness. I fully believed...

May 03, 2017

Forgiveness Does Not Mean Going Back

A friend admitted she's not speaking to her mother anymore. Her mother has abused...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

The Scandal Of Resurrection Matins

It may have come to your attention that the Protestant blogger Jeff Maples visited Resurrection...

April 14, 2017

Saint Dismas

Somewhere, they are lifting up the evening sacrifice. Scarlet stains the stone before the Holy...

April 14, 2017

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You, because by Your holy cross You...

April 13, 2017

On Holy Thursday, and the MOAB Bomb

Today, Christians all over the world are celebrating Holy Thursday, the Thursday of the Last...