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March 20, 2026

No More Perfect Icon than a Neighbor

There were exactly two things on my to-do list. I was going to sit...

June 2021

June 03, 2021

On the Side of the Angels

The menacing neighbor woke me up just before dawn. I heard the jangling of...

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...

November 2019

November 11, 2019

About That New Idol in the Colosseum…

I regard reading LifeSite News the same way I regard changing diapers: I don't...

October 2019

October 21, 2019

Our Lady is not European

This image is one of my favorite paintings of the Virgin Mary. Please, just admire...

October 21, 2019

The Icons in the Tiber

I remember a wonderful painting teacher I had one summer at Franciscan University,...

October 17, 2019

Rosie Wins a Battle

It started with the pixie cut. Rosie climbed up on the bathroom sink and...

July 2019

July 14, 2019

Which of These Was Neighbor? Which of These Was Christ?

In Eastern depictions, the Good Samaritan is Christ, the victim, Adam. You and I, already...

August 2018

August 15, 2018

Sanctissima: Meditations on a Dark Assumption Day

We got to Mass just on time. That's a rarity, bus routes being what they...

July 2018

July 21, 2018

Weep like Peter, Preach like Magdalene

Let's talk about Mary Magdalene. In the Eastern Church, Mary Magdalene's icon is nice...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

One Candle

I caught the last bus home from Wal Mart. It was quite dark, it was...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Most Worshipful

My daughter, Rosie, is well aware by now that there are different rites in...

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 13, 2017

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

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

March 2017

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 17, 2017

Irish By Blood

My mother's family were Irish, from Waterford; they ended up in Columbus in the...

March 16, 2017

Every Face An Icon

The other day, I read a short piece entitled "3 Things You Didn't Know About...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

If I Were President…

If I were the president, or a dictator or something, and we had a National...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

Need Something Creepier Than Elf on a Shelf?

(image via Pixabay) I don't go for Elf on the Shelf, myself. My daughter doesn't need...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

It’s Just Clear Blood, I Promise

There was no need for Father Vasyl to apologize, let alone apologize twice. The whole...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

Stop And Reverence These Icons With Me

(image via Wikimedia Commons) Stop what you're doing for a moment, and gaze on some...

October 10, 2016

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place

(image via Pixabay) I couldn't get a ride to the Byzantine Catholic church. I decided to...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

Michaelmas Recollections

(Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) I'd forgotten it's Michaelmas, the feast of the Archangels, in...

September 26, 2016

Soviet Children Fear the Dark: Mr. Rogers and the Call to Love Our Enemy

(image via Pixabay) I'm on an Eastern Countries kick lately. Want to hear about the...

September 09, 2016

Damaged Icon: Revisiting Brock Turner

(Severely damaged icon of the Theotokos, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Somehow, I missed the news...

September 09, 2016

A Very Powerful Piece

(image via Wikimedia Commons) I just read a very powerful piece of writing on the...

September 08, 2016

Happy Birthday, Theotokos!

(image via Pixabay) The Nativity of our Blessed Mother is celebrated today! (image via Wikimedia...

September 05, 2016

The Body Torn and Broken

We ended up at Divine Liturgy at an OCA Orthodox church last week. Never mind how...

August 2016

August 20, 2016

Against The Normalcy of Catholic Culture

(image via Pixabay) This post is a part of the Patheos Catholic Channel series, “Catholicity:...

August 17, 2016

Things I Learned on the Internet This Week (ish)… Third Week of August, 2016

(all images are via pixabay unless otherwise noted) I knew I was in trouble when...