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April 27, 2026

This Article is Not About Modesty, And Yet it Is

I don't want to talk about modesty. In fact, I refuse to talk about...

March 2026

March 30, 2026

Whom Do You Seek? A Holy Week Meditation

I went into Holy Week, a little sad and apprehensive, not knowing what to say....

October 2025

October 13, 2025

In Chicago, the Church Wakes Up

I have been waiting for the longest time for the Church to wake up...

August 2025

August 03, 2025

The Children in the Cloister

They came in during the Liturgy of the Word. I was in my hiding...

September 2023

September 10, 2023

If your Brother Sins, If the Church Sins

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Jesus said to his disciples:...

August 2023

August 02, 2023

Dear Bishop Barron: The Problem is the Church

I try not to pay attention to Bishop Robert Barron, and I fail. He's the...

June 2023

June 27, 2023

And Christ is my Mother

On Sunday, after I went swimming, I went to Mass. Swimming is where I do...

June 19, 2023

I Saw Two Churches

I watched a few different church services on livestream this weekend. I still can't stand...

May 2023

May 27, 2023

When the Church Hates You

I both love and loathe it when an old post of mine gets new...

March 2023

March 26, 2023

Spiritual Abuse and the Mystery of the Raising of Lazarus

I don't think I'm going to church today. As I write this, my ride will...

March 22, 2023

Looking Back at the Church of Donald Trump

He's back in the news again, as ever: former reality TV star and...

December 2022

December 01, 2022

The Mystery of the Red Advent Box

I took Adrienne to Sunday Mass, just like always. I don't like to go to...

July 2022

July 03, 2022

A Sermon and an Outburst

I went to Mass today. It's hard going back to Mass at home after being...

June 2022

June 18, 2022

A Weekend Pilgrimage

This weekend I drove to Columbus by myself, repenting. To repent means to turn...

January 2022

January 06, 2022

“Do They Take Girls Who Are Sterile?”

There was a girl at our church who had cancer. I don't know why...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

On The First Day of Autumn

It was so gray yesterday, on Rosie's tenth birthday. I should have been spending the...

July 2021

July 21, 2021

Even on the Banks of the Ohio

I went to a Divine Liturgy. This was my first Eastern liturgy since Forgiveness Sunday...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

If They Don’t Come Back to Mass…

It has been about fifteen months since the first COVID-19 death in America. About fourteen...

May 18, 2021

Getting Back to Sunday Mass in the Age of COVID

Things are slowly inching back to normal after a year of horror. Here in...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Nobody’s Sister and Nobody’s Child

I must admit I had about two weeks feeling exceptionally shaky since the Father...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Maybe I’ll Drive to Church

We are buying a car on Saturday. Well, maybe not. There are a million...

March 16, 2021

To Those Who Gloat When LGBTQ People Leave the Church

I have a message for the Catholics around me who responded to the Vatican...

March 11, 2021

Here Is A Truth You Can Speak In Love

Tonight I am so sad. A friend, a Catholic who is gay, tweeted about...

February 2021

February 08, 2021

The Mother, The Wafer, The Font

I went to Mass. A year ago, that wouldn't have been news. A year...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

Art, Racism, and the Problem of White Jesus

I want to say a few more words about all the destruction and removal...

May 2020

May 10, 2020

COVID, Sunday Mass, and Sins of Omission

We've all been struggling with the COVID pandemic for months now. People are, understandably, restless....

April 2020

April 21, 2020

I Think They Are Guardian Angels

Many years ago, a friend of mine had a dream. She told me she dreamed...

April 17, 2020

Spy Wednesday

I came downtown last week on Spy Wednesday, looking a bit like a spy myself...

March 2020

March 24, 2020

A Plague Walk

I went for a walk. The governor says we're allowed to go for a...

March 23, 2020

A Disastrous Sentimentalism Indeed: First Things’s R. R. Reno Jumps the Shark

This afternoon I came across an article by R. R. Reno, the supposedly pro-life editor...