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… Someone once recently asked me what I had against Catholic fiction. I think it’s when you start labeling fiction specifically “Catholic” is where I lose interest. Usually because when a work of fiction is giving that specific label it means that it is overtly Catholic. Not that overt Catholicism is a bad thing in general, but when writing fiction it can come across as so pitifully obvious and unimaginative. So you want to write Catholic fiction? Lemme guess… It... Read more

… I am a mean mom. The meanest. I frequently catch myself being unnecessarily harder with my son than the situation warrants. Why do I do this? Because I love him and I want him to be tough. Tough enough for this world so he isn’t taken advantage of or hurt by the cruel people he is sure to encounter all throughout his life. People I’ve encountered in my life. Hurts I’ve experienced. I want to spare him from them... Read more

… Why does this bother some people so much? I sincerely don’t get what the problem is. If you see someone praying the rosary during mass why do you assume they aren’t actively participating? What do you think active participation looks like? Following along word for word every single thing in the missal? And if you take your eyes off the missal or let your mind wander for one blessed second do you panic and wonder, “Oh no, I wasn’t... Read more

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… So the pope gave another interview. In this most recent one he implicated that 2% (or one in fifty) of Catholic clergy are pedophiles. This 2% comes from the John Jay report, a report that is ten years old and has been readily accessible for public viewing in all that time. So why now bring it up in an interview? Especially to bring up such a sensitive and important topic with Scalfari? “One might start with the odd habits... Read more

… Is it possible to miss RCIA? I miss bieng a sponser at least. Or rather, I miss having grown up conversations about religion with other grownups. It’s why I started blogging really. Because polite people don’t bring up religion and politics in conversation. It’s unseemly. And yet here I am … religion and politics. I talk about it the two so much that I suprised myself yesterday by sharing something on social media that wasn’t related to Hobby Lobby... Read more