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December 2023

December 03, 2023
  I want to make one more statement about the ongoing dumpster fire at Church...
December 02, 2023
Did you ever get a word stuck in your head? That word "apostolate" has been...
December 02, 2023
  The circus surrounding Michael Voris's resignation from Saint Michael's Media and Church Militant just...

November 2023

November 30, 2023
  It was one of those days that's very hard for former Charismatics. In fact,...
November 29, 2023
  When I was ten years old, in the wake of a terrorist attack, I...
November 28, 2023
  You have probably already heard that Cardinal Raymond Burke has once again been slapped...
November 28, 2023
  On Friday night, we saw the fireworks. The City of Steubenville put off the...
November 27, 2023
I didn't die last week. Thank you to the people who were so kind to...
November 22, 2023
  I got sick again. If you've never had a chronic illness, you cannot know...
November 21, 2023
  If you follow Catholic news, you might have already heard that Michael Voris, the...
November 18, 2023
There was a bit of a kerfuffle on Twitter, which I refuse to call by...
November 18, 2023
The season of Advent is coming. There was a package of purple and pink Advent...
November 16, 2023
  Hi, kids! This is your weird old Aunt Mary you can say anything to....
November 15, 2023
We've been going for drives. Adrienne sits in the front seat so she can chat...
November 14, 2023
  Hey folks, I really, really hate posting the tip jar boilerplate, even more than...
November 14, 2023
I have something to say that ought to be obvious. It's so obvious it's hard...
November 13, 2023
  The hen house blew away on Saturday night. A friend sent a small bale...
November 11, 2023
  Yes, I've heard about Bishop Strickland. For those of you who haven't heard about...
November 11, 2023
  A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Jesus told his disciples this...
November 09, 2023
After Sunday, the severe fatigue settled into ordinary exhaustion. Fatigue is different from exhaustion. Fatigue...
November 07, 2023
Today is election day. Today, Election Day 2023,  is the last day for Ohioans to...
November 06, 2023
It wasn't the best of Sundays. Sundays are never terribly good for me. The religious...
November 05, 2023
  Sometimes, God sends you a hen. I didn't particularly want a hen. I'd been...
November 02, 2023
  I went to Mass for the Solemnity of All Saints. I didn't have to....
November 01, 2023
  I am, yet again, struggling to form coherent words on the catastrophe in Israel,...

October 2023

October 29, 2023
  There was a chicken wandering the block. The first people to see her were...
October 27, 2023
I feel like I should say something about Britney Spears. There are so many things...
October 26, 2023
I've been trying and trying to write about the new developments in the case of...
October 23, 2023
  I came across one of those pious-sounding tidbits that fascinates me lately: the kind...
October 23, 2023
October Saturdays are soccer days. Adrienne is doing well at school and on her soccer...
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