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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Welcoming Depression into the Church [Guest Post]

This is a guest post by Christian H of The Thinking Grounds, and is appearing...

October 27, 2014

Loving Parishioners in their Particularity [Symposium Index]

Kat Fernandez of The Crescat wrote recently about the experience of feeling ignored by the...

September 2014

September 07, 2014

Going Beyond Commandments of No to Vocations of Yes

I had the privilege of being the lector for the second reading at Mass today,...

May 2014

May 04, 2014

Recursion on the Road to Emmaus

I find today's Mass readings particularly wonderful, for reasons that I think are plenty enjoyable...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Peter’s Errors Make Him My Favorite

During the homily this past Sunday on the Transfiguration of Christ, I thought the priest...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Following Christ Out of the Cave

Last weekend, while I was in New Haven, I had the pleasure of getting to...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

The Lingering Sensations of Epiphany

My first Christmas as a Catholic followed swiftly on the heels of my conversion, and...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Costumes, Constraint, and Chapel Veils

In my high school theatre productions, our director encouraged us to start working on assembling...

September 2013

September 10, 2013

The Fear of God in Me

Yesterday, when I was attending Daily Mass, I was one of only four people present....

April 2012

April 05, 2012

Maundy Thursday Problems Again

As I explained last year, Maundy Thursday is the day I feel least comfortable attending...

November 2011

November 08, 2011

The Damnation of the Foolish Virgins

I'm always disappointed when a Mass reading has a perplexing or counterintuitive section, and the priest chooses...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Adoration and Abramovic

Due to a convoluted sequence of events, I spent about half an hour in an...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Doubting the Utility Argument

First, a quick clarification: in yesterday's post about Divine Mystery, I used the phrases 'Catholic'...

May 11, 2011

Nitpicking Heresy

This past Sunday, I attended an Orthodox liturgy for the first time, in the company...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Baffled by Divine Mercy Sunday

I am totally confused by Divine Mercy Sunday tomorrow. According to my googling (which began,...

April 29, 2011

In Which I Feel Like a Heel

This Easter season, I made it to two days of the Triduum: Maundy Thursday and...

February 2011

February 06, 2011

A Few Stories Worth Their Salt

After hearing today's readings at Mass, I wanted to share a favorite non-fiction book with...

January 2011

January 14, 2011

Credit Where It’s Due

I had a really fun time this week when I attended a lecture/discussion on...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

What should I do at churches offering open communion?

Over the summer, while I was working in DC, I decided to visit every...

September 16, 2010

The Summons (another approach to humility)

This post is one in a series about Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. I am...

June 2010

June 14, 2010

Lessons in the Lacunae: The Omitted Scripture

While looking up the readings for this week's Mass in the Catholic liturgical calendar, I...