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October 04, 2018
We Might All Try Respecting Each Other
There's an odd political cartoon going the rounds on facebook. No, I'm not talking about...
September 2018
September 30, 2018
For a Moment, Joy
It's been a bit since I wrote. My mini-Sabbatical away from the internet was not...
September 28, 2018
Exhausted in the Midst of Scandals
I am exhausted. I'm completely exhausted. I promised myself I wouldn't watch the hearings, but...
September 27, 2018
Why Brett Kavanaugh?
I've got a question for the group today. I am probably going to moderate comments...
September 25, 2018
My Catholic School Taught Me That Victims Should Be Silent
I went to a Catholic school named after the Virgin Mary, when I was...
September 24, 2018
To the Family With the Disabled Boy in Church
I was at the 5:30 PM Mass. I was lonely and cranky, as usual,...
September 24, 2018
The Child in Their Midst
Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but...
September 23, 2018
An Autumn Appeal
Hello friends, I am working on today's Sunday Gospel mediation in another tab, late as...
September 22, 2018
And Autumn Began
My daughter, Rose, was delivered by emergency Caesarian, on the first day of Autumn, over...
September 20, 2018
Sexual Assault is not a Teenage Rite of Passage
I have heard many different responses to the accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Most of...
September 19, 2018
No, Dennis Prager, That’s Not Empowerment
My daughter, Rosie, used to love tearing up the National Review. I don't remember who...
September 17, 2018
What “Boys Will be Boys” Really Means
My friend Lindsay posted a facebook status today that had me jumping out of...
September 16, 2018
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way...
September 14, 2018
In Small Things
It was evening on September Twelfth. I was performing my annual watching of the videos...
September 11, 2018
Establishing Shot of a Nightmare
It's that day again. It's the seventeenth anniversary of the bloodiest day on American...
September 09, 2018
A September Request
Hello friends, this is not a real blog post. This post is your periodic reminder...
September 09, 2018
Touch, Matter, Groaning
Again Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the...
September 08, 2018
Eleven Things That Definitely Won’t Stop Priestly Sexual Abuse
First of all, pretending that sexual abuse never happens will not stop sexual abuse,...
September 08, 2018
How I Homeschooled on a Shoestring Budget
As I mentioned earlier this week, Rose and I have finished our first year of...
September 06, 2018
An Early September News Roundup
The beginning of September was a disappointment. In joyful expectation I laid out my...
September 04, 2018
Back to School for the Very First Time
We finished our first year of homeschooling. I've been meaning to tell you guys about...
August 2018
August 30, 2018
To Choke on the Word “Holy”
I sat in the pew by myself. Rose had asked permission to stand in...
August 29, 2018
For a Moment, it was All About the Victims
I am glad that everyone finally believes in sexual abuse. This is a new...
August 27, 2018
A Back-to-School Appeal…
Hello friends, this post is your periodic reminder that Steel Magnificat, and my...
August 26, 2018
In the Lovely Darkness
It is a terrible thing to gaze at the icons in a darkened room,...
August 26, 2018
My Thoughts on the Viganò Testament
I have a few words to say on the breaking news about Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's...
August 25, 2018
Gentleness Has No Gender
After Rose was born, we were a mess. My abusive disaster birth left me...
August 23, 2018
Something Rotten in the Diocese of Arlington
Today, on Twitter, the Diocese of Arlington posted an extremely optimistic tweet, which led...
August 22, 2018
The Lesson of the Slim White Disc
I went to Adoration yesterday. I didn't feel like praying, but I needed the quiet....
August 20, 2018
Celibacy and Priesthood: Contra Dwight Longenecker
Father Dwight Longenecker is at it again. He has written an extremely uncharitable and smug...
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