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October 2020

October 25, 2020

The Problem of the Trump Rally and the Purple Maga Nuns

Yesterday, Donald Trump held one of his infamous campaign rallies in Circleville, Ohio. It was...

October 18, 2020

To Yield a Hundredfold

We're still going to liturgy via video livestream right now. Now that I'm driving, if...

September 2020

September 10, 2020

As You Sow

I picked corn yesterday. Corn is a plant that only yields if you plant a...

August 2020

August 09, 2020

Christians Must Not Seek Power

Today I read an excellent article in the New York Times. You'd be well served...

July 2020

July 10, 2020

In A World Burning

The heat wave goes on in Steubenville. A few days ago there was a...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

A Word on Statues and a Word on Saints

I want to say a little more today, here in the evening of the...

June 23, 2020

Art, Racism, and the Problem of White Jesus

I want to say a few more words about all the destruction and removal...

June 06, 2020

If You Cannot See Christ in This Dead Child…

Today I am angry. I am angry and tired of seeing my fellow white Christians...

May 2020

May 24, 2020

The Parable of the Maple on Ascension Day

I don't know where the maple tree was, originally. There must have been a...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

Dandelions are the Poor Man’s Marigolds

I went to the free pantry again, with half a bag of things. We go...

April 17, 2020

Spy Wednesday

I came downtown last week on Spy Wednesday, looking a bit like a spy myself...

April 16, 2020

When You Cannot Find the Body of Christ

There's always a letdown in this Octave of Easter-- or, at least, there is...

April 11, 2020

It Causes Me To Tremble

I woke up early, which isn't like me. Insomnia is another symptom I...

April 09, 2020

On the Darkest Holy Thursday

We've reached the end of Lent, the beginning of Triduum. Sunday will be Easter. The...

April 06, 2020

How Do You Get To Gethsemane?

No one said I couldn't go for a hike. There's a lot that's not allowed...

April 04, 2020

Hosanna Filio David

I woke up afraid, as usual. I don't know if any writing fully conveys...

April 02, 2020

This Is What Gives Me Hope

Our country is awash in chaos and suffering. There is horror every time I...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Not Everyone Who Says To Me, Lord, Lord…

The homeless are still attempting to shelter-in-place on Skid Row. They cannot practice social...

March 21, 2020

How Can We Help? What Can We Do?

The COVID-19 rates are spiking all over the country, and it's only going to get...

March 11, 2020

Risk, Virtue and the COVID-19 Pandemic

I keep saying I hope that COVID-19 just goes away, and it keeps on not...

March 04, 2020

The Poor You Will Always Have With You

When I share stories like the one about the Cherry Boutique, or the trouble with...

March 01, 2020

No, Lent is Not About Hurting Yourself

It happened again this Lent as always: the anxious Ash Wednesday discussion about fasting and...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

A Suggestion For Your Lent This Year

Have you made your plans for Lent yet? What are you going to do?...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

For Those Who Fear That Life and Family are Feminine

Scrolling through social media early this afternoon, I encountered a public conversation that made...

January 21, 2020

In the Person of Christ the Servant

Today, I saw a priest who likes to run his mouth on Twitter with a...

January 14, 2020

Benedict, Sarah, Francis, and the Case of the Exploding Pope

Catholic social media erupted that Cardinal Sarah & Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were publishing a...

January 09, 2020

I Voted Democrat Because I Am Pro-Life

They told me I had to vote Republican, because Republicans were pro-life. For awhile,...

December 2019

December 28, 2019

On the Feast of the Holy Innocents

I just want to take today to tell you that it is not your...

December 27, 2019

Christ the Refugee and Other Things that Shouldn’t be Controversial

On the second day of Christmas yesterday, it began as usual: the annual insistence...

December 24, 2019

O Foggy Night

It was one of those days when everything goes wrong. Of course, it was also...