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March 2019

March 09, 2019

Blasphemy, Scandal and the Divine Victim

Just another warning to my dear readers, I'm going to talk about sexual abuse and...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

When the Church is Toxic

I woke up to find out that I had been screenshotted, again. Specifically, this time,...

February 24, 2019

To Love a Church that Hates You

Once again I am exhausted. The Vatican has finished the four-day summit on sexual...

February 18, 2019

How Ought We Respond to the Times Article on Gay Priests?

I'm going to have the comments off today, because I'm going to talk about a...

February 17, 2019

And Leap for Joy on That Day

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus came down with the twelve...

February 13, 2019

What is a Sodomite, Anyway?

Last night I got into an argument with someone who kept talking about "Sodomites." He...

February 05, 2019

I, Myself, an Icon

It has been a whole year since I've been to an Eastern Divine Liturgy....

January 2019

January 29, 2019

An Emergency Polar Vortex Request from the Friendship Room

In case you haven't noticed, Steubenville is being lambasted by a polar vortex. It...

January 24, 2019

Another Urgent Work of Mercy for the Hungry

I have a request from my friend Father Theodosius Walker at the Syriac Orthodox...

January 23, 2019

My Thoughts on the Reported National Basilica Invasion

Early yesterday I was naively thinking: let's pretend a Catholic priest who happened to...

January 17, 2019

Which Is the Authentic Catholicism?

I was recently mentioned in a curiously disjointed and rambling article at Church Militant....

January 16, 2019

Mary the Door

A couple days ago now, I talked about my upbringing among Apparition Chasers fascinated...

January 15, 2019

The Government Shutdown and how it’s Hurting the Vulnerable

I want to take a moment to talk again about the government shutdown, how it's...

January 14, 2019

They Had Heard No Thunder

My mother had a lurid fascination with apparitions. Most every Catholic I knew was...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

To Whoever Gave Recalled Food to the Homeless

I saw a public status on Facebook from my friends at the Friendship Room...

December 30, 2018

How the Shutdown Could Hurt the Hungry– and How You Can Help

A friend just posted the following on facebook: “So, WIC funding is down to...

December 30, 2018

Presentation in the Temple

No one looks up when they come in. They're not the kind of people...

December 28, 2018

Glory to the Exiles

There used to be a fascinating museum, in a defunct Catholic school in the...

December 24, 2018

Nativity According to the Flesh

The Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ, from the Roman Martyrology: The Twenty-fifth Day of...

December 23, 2018

O Emmanuel

The O antiphon for December 23rd: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et...

December 21, 2018

On the Darkest Night

It's the darkest night of the year. We made it. The light starts coming back...

December 20, 2018

Five Things to Give Your Money to Instead of a Border Wall

I will be back on later with my continuing Advent series on the O...

December 19, 2018

O Clavis David

The O Antiphon for December 20th: O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis,...

December 18, 2018

O Radix Jesse

The O Antiphon for December 19th: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum...

December 09, 2018

One Crying Out in the Desert

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. In the fifteenth year of the...

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

December 03, 2018

An Urgent Opportunity to Help Feed the Hungry

You're in luck! It's the first Monday of Advent and God's given us a...

December 02, 2018

In Infamy

I'm going to teach my first-grader about World War Two. We're listening to Tomie DePaola's...

December 01, 2018

Your Redemption is at Hand

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus said to his disciples: “There...

November 2018

November 21, 2018

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Someone told me to try praying the Lord's Prayer, and pausing to take a...