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2023-04-16T13:45:30-04:00

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Jack Teixeira and The Problem of the Basic-Brand Catholic

Last updated on: April 16, 2023 at 1:45 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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After a week of anticipation, we now know the culprit behind the massive leak of classified documents to a Discord server. He is Jack Teixeira, and he’s being described as a “patriot” and a “Catholic.” And nobody’s surprised. In case you’ve just joined us, it recently hit the news that a large number of classified documents, many to do with Russia’s war on Ukraine, had been posted on a discord server for gamers and were spreading all over... Read more

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2023-04-12T23:52:10-04:00

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Of Seed Potatoes and Dandelions

Last updated on: April 12, 2023 at 11:52 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It’s been one of those times when nothing goes horribly wrong, but nothing goes just right either. Last night, after searching online, I found the part that Serendipity needs so I can drive again– an engine wiring harness, an ugly thing that looks like an electronic octopus. Jimmy was going to buy one and have us pay him back, but he ended up not having the money when he thought. The one in Serendipity is dry rotted so all the... Read more

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2023-04-11T23:34:31-04:00

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The Question of the Baby Box

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 11:34 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I was reading an article about a Florida proposal to install anonymous baby drop boxes in fire stations. The drop box is essentially a slot on the outside wall of the building with no camera watching so that mothers in desperation can surrender their babies: “instead of dumping them in trash cans or along roadsides,” as the author, Terry Spencer, puts it. It’s a modern version of the foundling wheel. It is already legal in Florida to surrender your baby... Read more

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2023-04-10T21:39:52-04:00

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A Backyard Miracle

Last updated on: April 10, 2023 at 9:39 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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The morning dawned vibrant, perfectly bright. The sky was bluer than blue and the grass was greener than green– just as it should be in Bright Week. We had a houseful of rich food from my cooking way too much for Easter dinner. We were all reasonably healthy except that I had caught a slight cold at the Easter vigil. We still had the car I’d borrowed for Holy Week– not roadworthy on the freeway, but still able to putter... Read more

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2023-04-10T14:25:34-04:00

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A Pro-Life Nation where we Value our Freedoms

Last updated on: April 10, 2023 at 2:25 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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There’s a lot of news I want to talk about today. Much of it involves the pro-life movement. None of it is good news. I’m reading the story in the Washington Post, about two women who lost babies they desperately wanted due to premature rupture of membranes. They may have also lost what was left of their fertility, and they’re lucky to not have lost their lives, because the Florida hospitals refused to treat them in timely fashion. The... Read more

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2023-04-09T15:39:14-04:00

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Light of Christ

Last updated on: April 9, 2023 at 3:39 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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We were late to the Easter Vigil. Adrienne had informed me in the midafternoon that she didn’t have a button-down blouse that fit anymore, and after we got home from buying one she informed me that she hadn’t showered yet, which meat Michael’s and my showers got shuffled, and then Adrienne couldn’t find socks. Next thing I knew we were piling into the borrowed jalopy we’re driving for a few days until Serendipity is fixed at the same time... Read more

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2023-04-07T12:46:00-04:00

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The God of Invitation and Accompaniment at the Holy Thursday Liturgy

Last updated on: April 7, 2023 at 12:46 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I went to Mass again last night. I wish I’d gone for some noble reason, but truthfully, I only dragged myself into church because I love beautiful music, and the songs of the Holy Thursday liturgy are my favorite in the whole liturgical calendar. That was the carrot that got me there. I’ve been so terrified of Mass. I hate going to Mass. Going to Mass makes me think of every terrible thing that’s happened to me in the... Read more

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2023-04-05T15:41:54-04:00

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What I Have Learned About American Christianity

Last updated on: April 5, 2023 at 3:41 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It’s Wednesday of Holy Week. Holy Thursday is tomorrow. This is the most important week of the Church calendar. I should be talking about the Gospel. I could talk about the Gospel for yesterday, when Jesus tells His apostles that one would betray Him. I was just thinking the other day that He may not have just been talking about Judas. Which of the apostles didn’t betray Him? Peter, John and James fell asleep. Peter denied even knowing Him and... Read more

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2023-04-03T00:19:37-04:00

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When You Come Into Your Kingdom

Last updated on: April 3, 2023 at 12:19 am By Mary Pezzulo

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I went to Mass. I’m not saying you should do what I do. If you have religious trauma like mine, you probably shouldn’t. But I used to love Holy Week so much, I decided to try it out. It hurt like hell. I guess there’s a certain appropriateness to that. I stood in the foyer and couldn’t get any further. My stomach started to churn as soon as I saw the priests in their red robes. My heart raced.... Read more

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2023-04-01T14:29:25-04:00

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The God of Love and the Madness of Palm Sunday

Last updated on: April 1, 2023 at 2:29 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. This miserable Lent of Invitation and Accompaniment is nearly over. I had a plan, if my car somehow got fixed in time, to take a day in the week before Holy Week to drive to Pittsburgh, bribe myself with sashimi and a trip to a museum, and go to confession at that church I know with the fortress of a confessional, a confessional build like a closet with no way the terrifying priest could get around... Read more

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