… this story reminds me of a local parish I visited once where the priest changed the Agnus Dei to something like, “Protector of the Earth, you take away our carbon footprint” and some other such nonsense. “In a rare letter of explanation about an internal personnel dispute, Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville, Ill., publicly responded to the firing of the Rev. William Rowe, who has been pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Carmel, Ill., for 18 years. Braxton... Read more
… I’m going to have to test this lesson on my son, the connoisseur of Spongebob Squarepants. Paul Cat takes the seven deadly sins and examines each one as personified by characters on the television cartoon Spongebob Squarepants. Clever chap, that Paul Cat. Read more
… There’s this place in Charlotte that serves the best Mexican food I have ever tasted – I’m sorry, Abuelita, forgive me. But yes, the two sisters from Nuevo Laredo who run Las Margaritas on Independence Blvd can make you feel like your stomach has died and gone to Catholic Heaven. Catholic Heaven; that culturally diverse part of Heaven where all the Papists hang out and dine, drink, and dance. It’s also the part of Heaven where the taps never... Read more
Reading: Great Lent and the Fast in the Eastern Churches. Read more
… It is apparent I was never meant to be a nun, not after the skillful display I put on this evening. I got the highest score ever at a local laser tag place. My missed calling… Sniper. Did I have an unfair advantage against a room full of frightened children taken off guard by my shrieks of “See you in Hell, Klaus”. Maybe. But no one ever said war was fair. I don’t see why the other parents were... Read more
For your reading pleasure; Fancy a pretzel? What members of the Eastern Churches and even Muslims can teach Western Christians about fasting. Read more
… My previous Patheos column was about married sex and last week Simcha Fisher wrote about single Catholics and asked them what they needed from the Church. Talk about role reversals. I can write about being single, and I do from time to time, but too much just starts to sound like whining. It’s also not good for me to continually harp on the obvious fact. Harping won’t change the situation other than to call it into attention. I don’t... Read more
… and thus begins the annual Lenten tradition at blog of featuring daily art relating to our Lord’s Passion. In addition, this year I will be including one link to another blog or Lenten resource to accompany the provided visual aid. I may even include a reading recommendation or two. Today’s links are; Bringing Lent Home with Mother Teresa: Prayers, Reflections, and Activities for Families and The Bright Sadness – Lent in the Eastern Catholic Tradition Read more
… Learning a foreign language is hard. Really hard. It’s especially hard when I keep getting the bits of Italian I learned mixed in with the Spanish I am currently studying. I am honestly in awe of the multilingual. The biggest obstacle to learning a new language is actually trying to speak it without sounding like complete and total idiot. It really does take a certain level of confidence to speak to a native Spanish speaker in their tongue. You... Read more
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