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January 2020

January 05, 2020

Some Things Pro-Life Christians Need To Know About Iran

People who live in big cities in America are-- rightly, I think-- terrified that big...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

Yes, Antisemitism is Real, Wrong, and Dangerous

I shouldn't have to tell you that antisemitism is real, it's wrong, and it's...

December 09, 2019

The Problem With Cheap Gifts for Poor People

I read a thoughtful article today, by my friend Kristy Burmeister. I do recommend that...

December 05, 2019

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Addition

Yesterday, I delivered the last of the presents from the First Annual Parish Giving Tree...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

Hello and Welcome, I am a Blogger

So I've somehow acquired a much larger post reach and a huge number of...

July 2019

July 14, 2019

July, July

I despise doing this twice in one month, and I'll be on with actual content...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

What if They’re Not Concentration Camps?

Let's say that there are no concentration camps in our country right now. Let's...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

The Eastertide Request

Hi friends, This is your periodic reminder that Steel Magnificat, and my family, are...

April 07, 2019

Tenebrae Responsories: Iudas, Mercator Pessimus

Judas mercator pessimus osculo petiit Dominum ille ut agnus innocens non negavit Iudae...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

A Work of Mercy for a Friend

Hi friends, I need your help. I have a friend who's in a very...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Responding to the Controversies over my March for Life Remarks

Just once I'd like to go viral for a piece of writing I'm proud...

January 03, 2019

A Prayer Request, Please

Will everyone please join me in prayer? Tomorrow I'm going to start one of...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

The Child in Their Midst

Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Old Scratch and Baba Yaga

It was bitterly cold, and the bus was a little late. I was so grateful...

November 2017

November 12, 2017

Anti-Woman, Anti-Child…Pro-Life?

I was thirteen. I remember, because I was leaving for my first overnight bus trip...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Halloween Rundown 2017

Halloween is over at last, leaving us all sad until next year. Time to...

September 2017

September 10, 2017

To Laugh at the Devil

Charismatics had me convinced that the devil was nearly omnipotent, that he could cling to...

September 02, 2017

The Rose of Sharon on the First of the Year

September First is the beginning of the Eastern Church's year. This year, it also seems...

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 19, 2017

If This Is Really About Honoring the Old South…

I received a comment to the effect that taking down municipal statues of Confederate generals is...

July 2017

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....

June 2017

June 25, 2017

Notes from Notre Dame (Part Two)

(Yes, I am aware that this image is of the wrong Notre Dame.) I woke...

June 04, 2017

What’s for Dinner?

What's for dinner is a shameless aping of Simcha Fisher's regular feature "What's for Supper?"...

May 2017

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 01, 2017

Farmer, Carpenter, Explorer

It turns out that my grandpa was not a farmer. I thought he was, when...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Nocturne

I couldn't sleep. My daughter was next to me-- she tends to have insomnia, and has...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

The Tenth Station: Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments

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

March 24, 2017

The Eighth Station: Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem

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

March 18, 2017

The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes The Face of Jesus.

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

March 08, 2017

The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy Cross you have...