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February 2023

February 26, 2023

Glorious Things are Said

I am trying to pray. Sometimes I don't speak when I try to pray, as...

October 2020

October 09, 2020

Every Night And All

It got cold last week. It was going to frost, or get close to it....

June 2020

June 20, 2020

Frater Memento Mori

There is something about gardening that's almost guaranteed to make you superstitious. I was in...

May 2020

May 10, 2020

In the Coldest May

We have another freeze warning tonight. It's the kind of cold that only feels bitter...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

Hosanna Filio David

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

December 2019

December 12, 2019

Miriam Went to Mexico

Miriam of Nazareth was not important. Oh, she was-- she was the most important person...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

No, Father Valanmanal, Autism is Not a Punishment

My Patheos colleague, Father Matthew Schneider, is an autistic priest. This summer he wrote a...

November 02, 2019

A Litany of All Saints for Abuse Survivors

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

More on Christ the Victim, And the Necessity of Speaking Out

I was going to let the trolls take over the combox and retire on...

January 2019

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 15, 2018

He Will Baptize With Fire

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. The crowds asked John the Baptist,...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Chaos and Conviction in the Neighborhood

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

July 2018

July 31, 2018

For John Came Fasting

Rose met a cat. You might remember that I've mentioned LaBelle is haunted with...

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 08, 2018

How Not to Respond to a Suicide

I am not familiar with Anthony Bourdain. I didn't know anything about him until...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

The Silence of Holy Saturday

Today, in its quiet way, is the most terrible day. Today is the day...

January 2018

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 22, 2017

Seven Sorrows and a Franciscan Crown

I want to thank everyone for joining Steel Magnificat in our advent series of...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

The Substance of My Thoughts and Prayers: A Response to the Las Vegas Shooting

Maybe it would be more genuine if we'd actually voice our thoughts and prayers.

September 2017

September 19, 2017

The Table and the Cross

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

June 2017

June 21, 2017

They Are Sending Our Fellow Christians to Die

They are going to die. Just recently, about 200 Chaldean Christians-- Catholics like me and...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Courage and the Crocodile Pit

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

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 17, 2017

Expecto Bock-Peck?

It was going to be my first Pascha in the Byzantine Catholic church. I wanted...

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...

March 2017

March 24, 2017

Where’s the Borscht?

I grew up associating Lent with fish sticks and bland, canned-soup casserole on Fridays. My...

March 09, 2017

A Prayer Request For My Readers

In your charity, please join me in prayer for a friend whose son just passed...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

How Do You Ask Forgiveness?

How do you repent of your sins and ask forgiveness? Badly. Horribly. It's par for...

February 20, 2017

What Are You Doing for Lent?

The Great Fast is almost here. For the Latin church, Lent will begin on March...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

Requiem For The Forgotten

A woman froze to death today. She was homeless. She'd been evicted from her low-income...