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August 2022

August 18, 2022
  I went to the garden to pick peppers. Something yellow and black flitted out...

December 2021

December 16, 2021
It was another irritating day on Catholic social media. Lately there hasn't been any other...

March 2021

March 11, 2021
  Tonight I am so sad. A friend, a Catholic who is gay, tweeted about...

February 2021

February 17, 2021
  It's Lent. If you're Christian, that's a time for reflection and turning away from...
February 08, 2021
  I went to Mass. A year ago, that wouldn't have been news. A year...

December 2020

December 22, 2020
Things are certainly different this year, aren't they? Every Christmas I've had a tradition of...

November 2020

November 17, 2020
  It's mid-November. Advent is beginning in Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches; the rest...

October 2020

October 07, 2020
  Have you ever played a gong? I got to play a gong once. It...

August 2020

August 09, 2020
Today I read an excellent article in the New York Times. You'd be well served...

July 2020

July 15, 2020
  I got to go to Mass. In case you're just joining me, I've been...

June 2020

June 28, 2020
  Have you ever built a wire fence by hand? I'm not going to tell...
June 17, 2020
Last night, a female Patheos Catholic colleague got sexually harassed. You can read about the...
June 09, 2020
I went out to check on the garden and found a whole army of roly-polys...

May 2020

May 08, 2020
  Hey guys, I have a quick request for the hands and feet of Christ,...

April 2020

April 18, 2020
Downtown at the Friendship Room, things are as bleak as ever. It was difficult getting...
April 02, 2020
  Our country is awash in chaos and suffering. There is horror every time I...

March 2020

March 25, 2020
  The homeless are still attempting to shelter-in-place on Skid Row. They cannot practice social...
March 23, 2020
I want to show you a video. This is Ms. Shirley Raines, who usually sets...

February 2020

February 19, 2020
I have been depressed lately. That's another of the 200 symptoms of fibromyalgia, and not...
February 14, 2020
Today is Saint Valentine's Day, and I suppose you want me to write about love--...

December 2019

December 27, 2019
  On the second day of Christmas yesterday, it began as usual: the annual insistence...
December 20, 2019
Today, my friends were sharing one of those "feel-good" stories that isn't actually very good....
December 14, 2019
I tried to write an icon the other day. I used to do it all...
December 11, 2019
I have felt without a home lately. I still long to go to an Eastern...
December 02, 2019
As I've already mentioned, I went to Mass yesterday for the first Sunday of Advent,...
December 01, 2019
I don't know who needs to hear this, but please check on your parish Giving...

November 2019

November 24, 2019
    A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: The rulers sneered at...
November 17, 2019
I've seen a lot of people balking at the idea of a "sin against ecology"...

October 2019

October 05, 2019
    A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: The apostles said to...

August 2019

August 29, 2019
  First of all, a few days ago they wrote: "We respectfully request that people...
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