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2023-03-25T20:13:44-04:00

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Passing the Tip Jar for Spring

Last updated on: March 25, 2023 at 8:13 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Hey friends, This isn’t a real blog post, it’s just my every-several-months reminder that Steel Magnificat, and my family, run on tips. I get a very small paycheck from Patheos every couple of months for clicks in the United States and a couple other countries, nothing at all for clicks outside of those countries. I get a tiny royalty check for my books and whenever I get published in a real paper. And the rest of my income is... Read more

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2023-03-14T21:08:30-04:00

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A Late Winter

Last updated on: March 14, 2023 at 9:08 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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The winter that never came finally got here last night. We had a dreadfully cold Christmas, followed by a rainy and muddy January, followed by the sunniest, warmest February of my lifetime, bleeding right into a soft gentle March. The daffodils were out and the crocuses were already past their peak. Buds were on all the trees and the birds were singing merrily. Then, suddenly, it started to snow. It kept snowing as night fell, covering the parked car... Read more

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2023-03-13T16:23:48-04:00

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If All Were Rich, if None Were Rich

Last updated on: March 13, 2023 at 4:23 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Things are progressing at somewhat less than a snail’s pace. Uncle Junkyard says he’ll be able to put brakes in my car “hopefully this weekend.” He’ll take a look at what’s wrong with the wiring then. If it’s the wiring harness, he’ll start digging out whatever needs to be dug out to replace it while I try to figure out how to buy a thousand dollar car part. If, as I hope, it’s something simpler, he might be able to... Read more

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2023-03-13T10:12:36-04:00

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Jacob’s Son at Jacob’s Well

Last updated on: March 13, 2023 at 10:12 am By Mary Pezzulo

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Jesus went to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jacob, you recall, was the good-for-nothing younger son who’d cheated his brother out of everything Esau had coming to him, and then he went on the run. Eventually, he had children by four different women: Rachel, whom he’d wanted to marry, Leah, who he’d been tricked into marrying, and Bilah and Zilpah who were slaves... Read more

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2023-03-10T20:08:35-04:00

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The Devil, A Panic Attack, and a God of Accompaniment

Last updated on: March 10, 2023 at 8:08 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Invitation and accompaniment. Invitation and accompaniment. Invitation and accompaniment. I have decided to believe in a God of invitation and accompaniment, and to cast down any idols that ask me to revere something else. That’s the penance I’ve set myself to do during Lent. I’m going to act as if mortal sin and obligation aren’t real, and there’s only a God of genuine love inviting me to grow in grace and accompanying me when I suffer. Wherever that leaves... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-03-09T23:03:38-04:00

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A Nonprofit, a Scandal, and the Scapegoating of Gay Catholics

Last updated on: March 9, 2023 at 11:03 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I didn’t think I’d have to talk about scapegoating of LGBTQ Catholics again so soon, but here I am. Today, it’s been reported, in a bombshell article from the Washington Post, that a nonprofit known as Catholic Laity and Clergy for the Renewal spent millions of dollars to buy mobile app tracking data which they then handed over to bishops all over the country. They did this to expose gay priests who were using dating and hookup apps. The article... Read more

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2023-03-08T23:57:31-04:00

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A March Walk

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 11:57 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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The anxiety hasn’t been good this week. In fact it’s been terrible. It hasn’t let up since my attempt at going to Mass on Sunday. That was a mistake. It’s too soon. I was down for the count on Monday. Tuesday I was still having surges of anxiety every several hours. Tuesday into Wednesday night, I couldn’t sleep. I woke up unusually early Wednesday morning, still exhausted but unable to rest. I ate breakfast but I didn’t feel full.... Read more

2023-03-08T14:59:36-04:00

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More on the New Accusations Against John Paul the Second

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 2:59 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I’ve now had time to read yet more details of the newest report of Pope John Paul the Second’s habitual shielding of abusive priests from consequences. The linked report gives a lot of the evidence that’s been compiled. It certainly looks credible. What strikes me is that one of the perpetrators is described as exclusively abusing girls, in a catechism class. Of the other two, one seems to have exclusively abused boys, and the gender of the third’s victims is... Read more

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2023-03-07T16:41:13-04:00

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A Word on John Paul the Second

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 4:41 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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We need to talk about Pope John Paul the Second. In case you haven’t heard, it’s now being reported that Pope John Paul the Second, who was canonized a saint in 2014 after a suspiciously fast-tracked process, covered up sexual abuse during his tenure as archbishop in Poland. In this case he shielded three different priests, maintaining a correspondence with one of them. Two of the priests eventually served prison time no thanks to him. And I can’t believe anyone... Read more

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2023-03-07T13:11:34-04:00

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Imagining Fun in a Lonely Time

Last updated on: March 7, 2023 at 1:11 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It turned out that Uncle Junkyard hadn’t abandoned us after all. When he never showed up the past few weeks, I despaired that he’d gotten angry with me and was never coming to look at Serendipity’s new electrical problem. But I finally found out that the poor man had been in the hospital with a bad case of pneumonia, and was now home recuperating in bed. All isn’t lost, it just takes a very long time. I will... Read more

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