whose name is *totally* a super-heroine name, but who assumes the identity of schoolteacher when she not fighting crime, writes: Hi, Mark! You may remember me from when you spoke at a retreat I’d loosely organized. I’ll give you a few keywords to see if you can recall: Conyers. Monastery. Teenagers. Mildew. Large Fans in Lieu of Air Conditioning. You’ve repressed the memory, if you have any sense, but look! I found the link! Anyway, now my husband and I... Read more

Giant Catholic papier mache puppets of doom invade Presbyterian liturgy. It’s like the 16th Century Wars of Religion, only ridiculous. Each side spurs the other to escalating levels of absurdity. Dear Presbyterians: please don’t blame us papists. This is the work of a separate denomination called “liturgists” that infests our communion and yours. Perhaps if we work together in concert to root out the sillies, we can at last find union in Christ! HT: Chris Johnson. Read more

just came across this recent series of videos of the highlights of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Jonah as celebrant and homilist at a parish in Ohio from the Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul (June 29th). He thought they were well done and they’ve apparently have not had too many views on You Tube so far. Read more

“Hey! What could it possibly hurt?” Get back to us in a generation or so. Read more

Augusta State Univ. to Counseling Student: Change Beliefs or Get Out Dogmatic enthusiasm for homosexual practice is shaping up to be one of the main avenues by which Christian faith and practice will be legally punished. Read more

Gashwin Gomes sends along a great vocation story from one of his fellow seminarians. Read more

Today, my toadies, suckups, sycophants, and shuffling lackeys, I command you to contemplate the question, “What is it about Japan that these stories always seem to come from there?” Your secondary task, analyze this video for any subliminal messages that may cause non-Japanese viewers or listeners to start manifesting Japanese levels of weirdness. That is all! Read more

A reader writes: Could you please post a prayer request on your blog? Please pray for Jeffrey, a four year old, diagnosed with cancer today. Please pray in particular that the type of cancer is correctly diagnosed so that this sweet little boy may receive the best treatment. And for his parents, that their strong Catholic faith may sustain them through this. Father, hear our prayer for healing for this child, skill for his caregivers and grace, strength and consolation... Read more

by this. At least, not at this late date. If we actually take the Catholic Church’s teaching seriously concerning the validity of Anglican sacraments, then all that happened here was that a woman pretending to be a priest gave a dog a treat she pretended was the body of Christ. “Woman feeds dog” is not something I choose to spend energy getting upset about. How Piskies choose to conduct their liturgical antics in the privacy of the own sanctuary is... Read more

than Commie Party members in China. When I look at how the West is receiving the good news of the gospel compared to the Chinese, I can’t help but think of this: Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. 32* For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed... Read more