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April 2017

April 04, 2017

Benedict and His Raven

"At dinner time," Gregory the Great writes of Saint Benedict, "a raven daily used to come...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

A Galaxy Haunted (by the Jedi)

Something I loved about Rogue One was how haunted by the Jedi that universe is,...

November 2016

November 18, 2016

When what is holy is used for what is not

One of the cases that broke open the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in...

November 11, 2016

The Power of Memory (In Politics)

Much of my work in the scholarly world lately has focused on the theme of...

November 09, 2016

Among the Hollow Men

"We are the hollow men," writes T.S. Eliot. "We are the hollow men / Leaning...

September 2016

September 23, 2016

Notes from a failed saint

For whatever reason, I always thought I had to live up to the extreme and...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

Forgiveness takes time.

I keep reminding myself, sometimes every hour of every day: forgiveness takes time. Forgiveness is...

June 2016

June 14, 2016

The (Universal) Self-Relativizing Tradition

I don't much like explaining why I am a Catholic. As if I made some...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Dialectical Traditionalism

We live in a modern word that bears very modern interests, and theology - well - isn't. It...

May 06, 2016

The Unrequited Beautiful

That night, that year Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!)...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Mary After the Resurrection

I’ve tried to imagine what it was like for the Virgin Mary to see the...

April 14, 2016

Prayer and Mental Illness

What's it mean for someone with a damaged mind to stand before God? How do...

April 09, 2016

Sorrow at the joy of love.

I don't want to ruin everyone's day. I feel like that person who got cajoled...

April 06, 2016

Theology and Philosophy – and a Literary Device

"You theologians speak completely differently than us philosophers," the graduate student said. He beamed with excitement about...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

To lose and to gain. (Upon my grandmother’s death.)

My mother was about to fly to hers, fly to her mother's deathbed, to pray...

March 22, 2016

Catholic Mourning

Now is the week when all the statues in churches are veiled. Crucifixes covered over....

March 06, 2016

Stereoscopic Memory (On Beauty and Ugliness)

A bunch of people I know are defending their dissertations soon. It reminds me of...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

A Theory on Catholics and the Bible

When we say that Catholics don't know the Bible, I am more and more convinced...

February 19, 2016

Come As You Are

Today as student asked me a question that I've reflected on every time I teach....

February 17, 2016

Tradition, Tradition, Tradition

I've been thinking a lot about the nature of time. And history. And truth. Most...

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