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October 2016

October 28, 2016
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Who is Donald Trump: savior, pragmatic choice,...

September 2016

September 29, 2016
I’m sorry to say that the new semester has overwhelmed me. Thousands of pages of...
September 12, 2016
The Internet is a notoriously deceitful place—people con others out of money, adopt any number...

August 2016

August 28, 2016
Today is August 28th, most notably the feast of St. Augustine, bishop, theologian, Doctor of...
August 25, 2016
Dear _______, We go to the same churches; we fill the same pews. We pray...
August 23, 2016
I have a surprise for readers: I am 22. In other words, I’m young enough...
August 21, 2016
Some French Riviera resorts (along with a few other places, including a ban on full-face...
August 20, 2016
Waiting weighs us down and patience demands so much. Whether it’s excitedly counting the days...
August 19, 2016
And where we live are quite often connected—two sides of a single cultural coin, aspects...
August 17, 2016
Enemies broadly speaking anyway. This topic has stuck with me. Growing up American (read: secular),...
August 13, 2016
Pastoral. From pastor, as in, a shepherd. In the Catholic circles in which I run...
August 12, 2016
For my Byzantine Catholic and Orthodox brethren, I’m preaching to the choir; the title of...
August 10, 2016
A little while ago I took a little bit (not quite boiling, more like low-simmer)...
August 09, 2016
No. I’m not that sort of Cynic (though sometimes I wish I were). I don’t...
August 07, 2016
Yes. I ought to come clean from the beginning: I am a member of the...
August 06, 2016
Maybe one or two of you noticed (may God bless me with so many readers!)...

July 2016

July 20, 2016
Here I am proud to present part three of this three-part series on the Great...
July 19, 2016
Here I am proud to present part two of this three-part series on the Great...
July 18, 2016
July 16th marked the 962nd anniversary of the so-called "Great Schism." As someone deeply invested...
July 17, 2016
I can’t help but laugh a bit when I hear liturgists and other Catholics speak...
July 16, 2016
Unsurprisingly, I am surrounded by Catholic bloggers: opponents, friends, frenemies, and every other color of...
July 15, 2016
My intensifying dalliance with social-media criticism is no secret. I’ve blogged about it before, and,...
July 11, 2016
I am a convert (or a revert, depending on how you ask). Unlike some Cradle...
July 08, 2016
The topic of this post is the word “liberal”: its meanings, its misuses, and what...
July 06, 2016
Pope Francis mystifies—and aggravates—many Catholics; his talk of mercy, of suspending judgment has a tendency...
July 05, 2016
It [patriotism] is a pagan virtue, if these two words are compatible. The word pagan,...
July 04, 2016
No, be sure of this. Absolute stillness for as long as possible is best of...
July 03, 2016
I recited the Our Father in Greek every day before work, and I repeated it...

June 2016

June 25, 2016
The dust is beginning to clear (before the next great explosions of cultural and political...
June 18, 2016
Many of us know the Catechism, but to live the faith, that is different, that...
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