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October 2018

October 30, 2018

You Must Not Hurt People

I want to be absolutely clear about something. It is a sin to hurt...

October 29, 2018

Chaos and Conviction in the Neighborhood

I apologize for the recent silence; have been exceptionally sick for a week-- for...

September 2018

September 16, 2018

Who Do You Say That I Am?

Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Franciscan University Sent me a Survey

I don't know what they were thinking. All I do all day is prattle...

July 17, 2018

Who Cares What Men Prefer?

It seems like everyone is up in arms about "The Transformed Wife." For those...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Three Things that Should Not Be Controversial About the Family Separation Crisis

I'm known as a bit of a pest in the blogging world, and that's...

June 04, 2018

Christ is Coming to Heal the World

It has not been a good weekend. Rosie came down with a fever and the...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

By My Magnanimous Leave: How to ask Someone on a Date

Apparently it's time to talk etiquette with the Marchioness of Manners, Mary Pezzulo, once again....

May 21, 2018

To Share is Human, to Share is Divine

The other day, a wonderful reader left me a tip in the blog's tip jar,...

May 07, 2018

“The Counter-Revolution” and The Spirit of the Antichrist

Lately I was in an argument with a person who was very fond of...

May 01, 2018

Chastity, Incels, And Good Catholic Men

There's been a lot of talk about "incels" lately. "Incel," as you may have...

April 2018

April 14, 2018

Cleaning the Sticky Tack Corner

It was time to organize the Beautiful Corner. I call it the "Beautiful Corner" because...

March 2018

March 23, 2018

The Amelia Bedelia Of Interreligious Dialogue

Several weeks ago, I shared my first meditation on the Seven Last Words of...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

A Christian Response to Indefinite Detention

I'm not really into decontextualized quotemining of the Old Testament to find out what Christians...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

A Brief Word on the American Solidarity Party

I am not a member of the American Solidarity Party. I greatly respect my hardworking...

January 09, 2018

No, Mindfulness Is Not Satanic

Written by Robert Miole Mark Shea recently posted about the latest ‘Satanic panic’ piece published...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

No, We Can’t Get Over It

Last month, I posted a guest post by a dear friend of mine, about her...

November 2017

November 13, 2017

Fast Food Virtues

I never in a million years thought I'd be defending the Slumgullion-in-chief. I defended...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

A Plummeting Ghost

I once read that, if you ever find yourself falling to your death, you should say "My...

October 14, 2017

An End to the Attacks on Judeo-Christian Values?

We're all in luck. Our sainted president, TV's Donald Trump, has announced that "We are...

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 15, 2017

A Defense Of The New Pro-life Movement By An Old Pro-Lifer

By John Cavanaugh-O'Keefe Some screw-loosy Trumpistas attacked a wonderful friend of mine. 1600 wd...

September 07, 2017

Steve Bannon and Saint Lawrence Agree on 1 Thing

Steve Bannon, who claims to be a Catholic, declared himself at odds with the Church's...

August 2017

August 25, 2017

Jon McNaughton Jumps the Snake

I try to respect other people. I do. I'm not good at it, but...

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...

July 2017

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...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Lies

I see the Bride of Christ persecuting Christ, and it sickens me.

May 20, 2017

Darkly, But I See

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