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June 2015

June 17, 2015

A Healthcare Sinkhole – Once You’ve Fallen In, They Keep Digging

The call came within a day or two. The MRI's clanging and clanking and suffocating...

June 13, 2015

The Narcissism Of Our Environmental Politics

While we await the June 18, 2015 release of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, Laudato si...

June 09, 2015

7 Awesome Things To Think About Today!

1) The Soul: How The Beauty of Creation Can Lead a Soul to God, by...

June 06, 2015

The Father, And The Son, And . . . Bruce Jenner?

Bruce Jenner has got me thinking about the Holy Spirit. Okay, just bear with me...

June 03, 2015

Upon This Rock: Why I Remain

The floodgates have opened and everyone seems to running for the nearest exit. If...

May 2015

May 30, 2015

Seeds of the Word: Finding God in the Culture

Regular readers of Grace Pending know that I am a huge fan of Father Robert Barron, who...

May 24, 2015

What Would You Do Differently Today If You Knew It Were True?

Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24)...

May 22, 2015

Anna’s Story: A Field Hospital In The Heart Of Manhattan

With Memorial Day weekend now upon us, we remember and honor all who have battled...

May 20, 2015

10 Surprising Things You Can Be Even If You’re Catholic

Contrary to popular belief, Catholics are not, and never have been, monolithic in their non-doctrinal, political views...

May 16, 2015

Faith And The Social Contract

“From the standpoint of religious freedom, you might say it’s a choice between the Little...

May 10, 2015

That Thin Blue Line of Love (Updated)

From today's reading, May 10, 2015: This is my commandment: love one another as I...

May 01, 2015

When Life Overwhelms

It's not something that I particularly wish to dwell upon. But it's unavoidable. It's pervasive....

April 2015

April 25, 2015

5 Ways That The Church Is Really All About The “Yes”

Ours has become a culture of yes. One that trusts first and last in the...

April 19, 2015

A *catholic* Mass For Peace

The Nicene Creed each week reminds us that when we invoke our Catholic (n.) faith, we...

April 12, 2015

Favor and Knowledge Still Test Our Faith: 10 Biblical Examples

It may be difficult for us, sometimes, to realistically imagine life beyond our own everyday existence....

April 09, 2015

Tsarnaev: The Death Penalty (Somewhat) Revisited

In light of the recent Boston Bomber verdicts and the now looming penalty phase, the death...

April 06, 2015

My Three Post-Lenten Questions

I'm sitting, at this very moment, in a hospital waiting room in Pennsylvania while scheduled,...

April 05, 2015

Surrexit Dominus Vere, alleluia!

He is risen, indeed! Have a blessed, transforming Easter! Here is Bishop Barron on the...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

From False Accusers to Recipients of Unmerited Grace

And so today, as the season of Lent draws to a rapid close, we begin...

March 21, 2015

A Lenten Christmas Story

Those of us of a certain age will immediately recognize the unique, soft yet powerful,...

March 08, 2015

The Ancient Mythology Of ISIS

It dawned on me as I recently watched a brief YouTube lecture (embedded below) given...

March 05, 2015

Three Reasons Why I No Longer Actively Support The Death Penalty

Other than a required law school course in criminal procedure, I have had no training...

March 01, 2015

Not Surprisingly, Francis Is Catholic

I am, by disposition and training, what is generally referred to as a classic, free...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

One Observation On Lent: What Do We Worship?

Well, the first of my 40 days of Lent didn't start off on the right...

February 16, 2015

The 21 Martyrs of ISIS

I started out today attempting to write about an entirely different subject - one that had gotten...

February 15, 2015

Looking Marvelous, But Still A Jerk

From The First Reading The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "If a swelling or...

February 08, 2015

5 New Things You Can Start Today To Change Your Life

It's the dead of winter. The snow is incessant. The cold chills from deep within....

February 05, 2015

The 10 Who Brought Me Back To The Church

Pope Francis - His election instantaneously compelled me to reconsider my 41-year absence. Thomas Merton...

February 01, 2015

The Bread Which You Hold Back Belongs To The Hungry

You Shall Not Steal. Four simple words. Uncomplicated in their declaration. Straightforward in their application....

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Do You See Your Own Gifts? Do Others?

In my last post, Of Virtues and Gifts and Peace, I explored the four main,...

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