In an earlier piece, Max Lindenman admitted to spending more time reading internet comboxes than is probably healthy for any human being. In this week’s column, he clearly has spent a good deal of time reading the various postings and musings, here at Patheos, and elsewhere, about the ongoing (although not actually progressing) story of the investigation and suspension of Father John Corapi, and all of this has him wondering about both Irony and the limits of Tragedy: I have... Read more
Have just received word that a cousin battling a brain tumor has — overnight — taken a turn for the worse, and may die today. Please pray for Joseph, his wife and two children. Thank you. UPDATE – The circumstances involved his this fast spiral downward are almost more than we can wrap our minds around. Thank you for your prayers. Joseph is in bad shape. Please pray for his family. Read more
The Benedictine Nuns of Holy Trinity Monastery in East Hendred in the UK are very sharp ladies. They continue the Benedictine tradition that once upon a time took place in the scriptorium by adapting it to the modern age and through their sophisticated website which offers an Online Retreat Service, a blog, digibooks, podcasts and more. Their offerings are uniformly excellent, but my favorite thing is the DigitalNun Daily, a virtual daily newspaper in which they cull together online articles... Read more
Had several complaints in my email box and in the comments sections, themselves, about the new format. So, I’ll ask again: would you like to go back to the old commenting format? If so I will do it, but do be aware that there is a chance we’ll lose all the comments accrued in Disqus in these past few weeks. Which might be a blessing. Your thoughts? Read more
It was not my intention to comment on this memo that was released by Santa Cruz media in defense of Fr. John Corapi. I was frankly happy to see passions abating from previous posts on the subject, and earlier in the week I had decided that, until something was “known” I would not post any further on Corapi. Then the memo was released on Friday, and I thought, “oh, blerg! Not more!” I really didn’t want to open up another... Read more
Icing on the cake for this great feastday of the world-saving “Yes”, our dear friends the Dominican nuns of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Monastery in Summit, NJ has received their two postulants as novices and clothed them in the habit of the Order of Preachers. God’s blessings be upon Sr. Mary Veronica of the Cross and Sr. Mary Jacinta of the Most Holy Rosary, who we see standing here with their novice mistress, Sr. Mary Catharine of Jesus... Read more
Writer Max Lindenman, who usually adds a dose of cleverness to the food for thought offered in his column, “An Israelite Without Guile,” today gives us a spoonful of medicine that goes down pretty easy, if you have a sense of humor. Perusing various Catholic blogs and magazine sites, he has identified Nine types of Catholic Commenters: For the curious, I’ve prepared a brief field guide to some recognizable types: 1) The Chief Mourner: For this nostalgic soul, spiritual perfection... Read more
“I am the Lord, there is no other; I form the light and create the darkness; I make well-being and create woe; I, the Lord, do all these things. Let justice desend, O heaven, like dew from above, like gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and salvation bud forth; let justice also spring up! I the Lord have created this.” – Isaiah 45;7-8 As we head into evening, we prepare for tomorrow’s solemnity of... Read more
Pat McNamara, whose column “In Ages Past” runs every Tuesday here at Patheos, has an interesting piece up today on Scandals and the Church; a question and answer from 1929: “Will you not admit that many of the leaders of your Church— her Popes, Bishops and priests— have been wicked men? How can you call such a Church holy?” The Church remains holy, no matter how many of her leaders prove faithless to the Gospel they preach, for these men... Read more
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