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No Good Guys, No Bad Guys: Fr Greg Boyle on the Policing We Need
I don't know anybody who's said this better. Whoever you are, whatever your politics or...
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5 Reasons Why Catholics (of All People!) Should Make Earth Day Holy
Today, Earth Day, should be a holy day of obligation for Catholics. That's not exactly...
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The Cleaning Crew: 3 Advent Allies for Spiritual Warriors
So here I am, sitting in the clean and light-filled kitchen of my new apartment...
December 27, 2014
The Meaning of Marriage: A Question of Standing
What, if anything, the Supreme Court decides on the marriage cases being argued today and...
December 27, 2014
Cardinal Dolan: Neither Hypocrite nor Traitor, But Witness
Predictably, there's been vehement reaction to the NY Times Sunday report that Catholic institutions in...
December 27, 2014
Lord, Make Me an Amateur Catholic
"Really?" That's my grandson's new response to any parental pronouncement. It's time for your bath....
December 27, 2014
Praying for St Lucy’s . . . and Mr B
What does it mean to provide a Catholic education? What are the challenges that commitment...
December 27, 2014
Francis and Francis and Dr Kueng and All: Friday Bits
A big week in the Church and the world: too big to get my blog...
November 2013
November 22, 2013
Where We Were, When: One Boomer’s Apology for Carrying the Kennedy Torch
Long stood Sir Bedivere Revolving many memories, till the hull Look’d one black dot against...
September 2013
September 14, 2013
The Exultation (sic) of the Holy Cross
A year ago today I went on pilgrimage, through the grace of God and the...
June 2013
June 26, 2013
Keep Calm and Catholic On
There will be lots of heat burning up the interwebz regarding today's SCOTUS decisions...
June 14, 2013
Saying Goodbye to Our Favorite Uncle
My sister and I lost the last of our mother's generation this month. Uncle Fred,...
April 2013
April 06, 2013
Oh, Mercy, Mercy Me, Still
From last year, slightly updated, my tangled relationship with the Divine Mercy devotion: Oh the...
March 2013
March 27, 2013
“Something to Love, Something to Be Bugged By”: Pummeled by The Anchoress
I didn't sleep last night, playing out my crankiness over the Pope Wars in mental...
February 2013
February 12, 2013
It’s a Wonderful Mardi Gras, Encore
Reposting from last year, because it's as true as ever. Our own celebrations might be...
November 2012
November 05, 2012
I’m That Guy: The Gunpowder of Being Catholic in Public
On the eve of a contentious election, pondering the explosive nexus of faith and politics....
October 2012
October 24, 2012
A Journal of My Council: A Book Review
My Journal of the Council by Yves Congar, OP Liturgical Press, 2012 Even as my...
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September 22, 2012
The Road It Gives and the Road It Takes Away: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage
Not every encounter on the pilgrim path is with Christ and his saints. Not every...
September 20, 2012
Finding the Frog: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage
In which we learn that pilgrimage cultivates a different way of seeing: We come to...
September 17, 2012
The Peace of the World: Egregious Twaddle on Pilgrimage
"Tell everybody that God gives His graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them...
September 08, 2012
Happy Birthday, Dear Mary!
As with any family stories, some of the best family stories of our faith are...
September 01, 2012
Holier Than None–UPDATED
Why are we so shocked when priests go rogue? After all, holiness isn't applied with...
August 2012
August 25, 2012
A Little Left-Coast Lull
I'm in the City of Angels this week---not (only) because it's about as far from...
August 09, 2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: An Upstart Blogger Eats Crow
There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that, with his Tygers heart...
August 06, 2012
Tone-Deaf on Religion–UPDATED
"Sikhism is a religion that originated about 500 years ago in Italy [sic]." ~ CBS...
August 01, 2012
Everybody’s Friend, The Hermit
Just a brief post to share how happy it makes me that my friend The...
July 2012
July 21, 2012
Magdalene the Magnificent
With the exception of that other Mary, the Mother of Jesus, she's the most famous...
June 2012
June 22, 2012
Hope in the Heartland
New York is where I'd rather stay! I get allergic smelling hay! I just adore...
June 20, 2012
Calling All Reverts!
CARA, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, has just published some speculative demographics...
June 15, 2012
Of Divine Bondage: When the Ties of Religion Unravel
Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of...
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