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Bill and Ted Face the Catholic Bard’s Movie Review
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August 29, 2020
Catholic (mostly) Entertainment Trivia
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August 27, 2020
12 Hot Catholic Issues (A Resource Guide)
I find it amazing that everyone has a different emotional makeup and disposition. Some people...
August 25, 2020
When Kristin is Distracted (A Birthday Poem)
A Cup of Malt, a Cup of Root Perhaps a Cup of Hot Choc instead...
August 22, 2020
The Wisdom of Catholic Rigorous Vortex
Just what is the Catholic Rigorous Vortex? The Rigorous Catholics often declare something sinful where...
August 19, 2020
Should We All Be Racists Now Father?
Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for...
August 17, 2020
Church Militant’s Better Doppelganger
In a previous post I talked about Not Not Listening To Our Doppelganger. The chief way...
August 16, 2020
NEW Things at Patheos Catholic
With so many blogs at Patheos Catholic it's sometimes hard to keep track of who's...
August 15, 2020
The Immaculate Connections
If you were an artist, would you allow someone to prepare your canvas with daubs?...
August 14, 2020
Patheos: Living a Prayerful Life
We want to pray to but who has the time? Were busy, tired, and over...
August 13, 2020
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Beautiful Police and Protesters.
These are very turbulent times that we are living in. Here in Framingham Massachusetts things...
August 12, 2020
A Dialogue About Writing With My Fictional Character
Raymond Steelskin: Hey that's me. Why I'm actually being written about. Why am I...
August 11, 2020
Thou Shall Not Judge How a Catholic Votes
The pro-life position is a worldview, a lens through which we should view every political,...
August 10, 2020
A Tribute to Rebecca Bratten Weiss
For the longest time I have been lost and adrift in terms of my writing. ...
August 09, 2020
Suffering, Shadows, and Strangers: Poems
TO SUFFER IN LOVE Why when my head does pound And weakness slows my senses...
August 08, 2020
A Non-Practicing Catholic Reviews The Exorcist
By Guest Contributor David Patten Written November 3, 2019 I was eating dinner with an...
August 07, 2020
Come On Patrick: 1 + 1 + 1 = 1
Where One is Three Only as God can be Father, Son and Holy Spirit Problem?...
August 06, 2020
The Transfiguration of Writers Block
As I was laying down thinking about what pithy thing to say about the transfiguration...
August 05, 2020
The Flower Room: A Poem
(A unique Ode to Saint Anthony Parish, Fitchburg, MA) This dusty flower room you now...
August 04, 2020
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Books. Radio. TV. Blogs. Podcasts. Youtube Videos. These are the media apparatuses used by talented...
August 03, 2020
Harry Potter and the Beatific Vision
Nine months before you were born your parents participated in an activity that throw your...
August 02, 2020
Simple Yesterdays and Harder Todays
When Catholic Was Just Catholic When I was a child about half the kids in...
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