Predictably, the quarrel in the comboxes was all about pretending that our Gun Cult is not ordered toward enforcing the racism that the Cult of Trump now flagrantly adores. Eppur si muove. – Galileo I know, I know. “I thought this was a Catholic blog! Why are you talking about this political crap all the time? Because the fifth commandment is a political issue. So is the subjugation of an entire population in the largest gulag in the history of... Read more
Here’s an absolutely typical story about a Dad and his two kids who were arrested and humiliate for Shopping While Black. This daily reality in Trump’s Amerikkka is steadfastly met, every single day, by conservatives who whinge that seeing that reality every single day is “playing the race card” and who then complain that they are the victims because they did not personally lynch or falsely arrest or shoot or vandalize the property of a person of color. Because every... Read more
…called The Flesh from Their Bones by my friend Laura Pittenger: For more information on Micah, the play, and Laura, go here. Read more
…but mostly because this truly is amazing, here is Overly Sarcastic Productions’ astonishing summary of the Chinese epic, Journey to the West (so far). No need to thank me: Read more
Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names. Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure. The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts... Read more
This week’s piece for the Catholic Weekly, in honor of Thanksgiving: On November 22, we Yanks will be celebrating Thanksgiving. It’s not quite an exclusively American feast. Our Canadian neighbours celebrate it too, but in October, which I think is more sensible since eating turkey twice in one month (November 22 and December 25) is a bit much. As the story goes, the Pilgrims came to Massachusetts Bay Colony because they were seeking ‘religious liberty’. Actually, they were seeking the freedom... Read more
One of the things I have noted in the past is the phenomenon of Satanic ecumenism: the way in which people who hate each other are brought together in their mutual hostility to the things of God. We see it when the Pharisees and the Herodians conspire to kill Jesus. We see it when Pilate and Herod Antipas become friends as they humiliate Jesus in the passion. We saw it in the Hitler-Stalin pact. We see it when two thugs... Read more
One of my readers, Ross Earl Hoffman, knew a good thing when he saw it and married another of my readers, Fausta Nalubega. He’s from Idaho. She live in Uganda and is magnificent saint leading a community of other saints. It’s a marriage made possible by the internet and shared Catholic faith. So anyway, Ross has been pouring his energies into their marriage and into shuttling between the US and Uganda to help her apostolate with time, talent, and treasure. ... Read more
The last in a four part series on the relationship between the lay and ordained offices. Last time in this space, we noted that at the altar, the priest presides. That said, it is important to understand that, in the world, whither we go once we have received the sacraments, we laity properly preside. As I said two articles ago, this does not mean that we are free to blow off the Church’s teaching. It means, rather, that we can... Read more
Poor Jordan Peterson. He famously chose to hang out with visible-from-space members of the white supremacist, neo-Nazi Alt Right: CBC interview yesterday offers stunning proof of my appalling character (having failed to watch The Metaphysics of Pepe: https://t.co/udlyBEnRED) pic.twitter.com/012Bft8Q6i — Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) January 27, 2018 Now he tries to tell the Freak Show that anti-semitism is bad and the Freak Show turns on him: Jordan Peterson suggested that killing and making fun of Jewish people is bad and... Read more
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