New Catholics - Good Friday service has a collection each year which directly benefits the Church in the Holy Land, including medical care, education, upkeep of the holy sites, etc.
War has limited & stretched their resources.
Please prayerfully give if you go.
Notes have become the playground of my writing. Sometimes an article gets started and then gets revised as I fine tune what I’m trying to say. The picture in this case is one that I took when I was at Christ The Good Shepherd in Saginaw, MI. One of many pictures I have in my collection.
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Very good news! Not only is Abrego Garcia alive, Salvadoran authorities, reversing their initial refusal, allowed him to meet with Senator Van Hollen, who called Abrego Garcia’s wife to “pass along his message of love.” The police-state machine blinking in the harsh light of global scrutiny?
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"The worst kind of depression is not when we see bad things and hate them; the worst kind of depression, the hell below hell, is when we see good things, and do not love them."
G.K. Chesterton, LONDON OPINION, APR. 2, 1904
This month I’ll be a priest for 13 years, and celebrating the Lords Supper today, where the ministerial priesthood was instituted, has given me some thoughts.
Sin is a rejection of intimacy/communion with Christ. Judas had already arranged Christ’s betrayal, and his mind was so warped that he could not intuit the generosity of the Lords gift at this Table. Other things took up his mind in such a way - such as money and politics - that he couldn’t ground his mind in the morally sane principle of …
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In the final stages of a (currently very long) essay on Fr. Vincent McNabb O.P., a dominican friar and Catholic radical of the interwar period, deeply influential on Dorothy Day, Chesterton, Maritain and (I strongly suspect) J.R.R. Tolkien. McNabb’s activism was in part an extension of the Arts and Crafts movement’s political expression,…
Angel in the Waters (amzn.to/3RUhG0c) is a modern* classic, and the best for talking about a new sibling growing. Parents are gonna cry though.
*anything post-dating my childhood is modern.
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I feel like this image perfectly encapsulates left wing environmentalism
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With the faith of Christ in my heart. Here are the intentions that are troubling me. Please keep these matters in prayer.
For my mom, Mary, and her on going health issues. Wisdom of the doctors and over all healing.
That Dar (Kat’s mom) can get her van fixed quickly and that the price is fair.
I’m still dealing with some anxiety that is d…
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“He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
(Philippians 2:8-11)
Michael and Satan Fight for the Body of Moses
Commentaries on the Letter of Jude are more interesting than you might expect. There’s a lot going on in these 459 words. F’rinstance, Jude 9 is a real rabbit hole: ”But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounc…
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Is Xabi Alonso still worth the hype? A pretty hot take from me on the latest Gegenpressing podcast:
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Three short, powerful poems for today’s austere commemoration.
I'm currently writing a defense of the revelations of Christ to St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy devotion in response to the attacks from (some) radical traditionalists. Buckle up.
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Federal prosecutors look poised to allege that FirstEnergy's bribes went beyond Larry Householder and the late Sam Randazzo.
It's likely a short list of names that could be redacted in the latest court filing.
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Sometimes our personal banner can become more important than being Catholic. It doesn’t matter if you follow TLM or NO. It should not be the primary focus of our faith. When you look at the Catholic church and the various rites that exist. Then you know that we all have a place at the table.
The challenge is dealing with some of the people who want to use the form of the Mass as a weapon against someone else. I see it on both sides of the endless debate. They feel that their path is the only on…
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With your help, my latest book has reached the top of the list on Amazon on day two! Thank you! You can find it here:
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My friend is one of the smartest, funniest, most prolific writers I know.
No matter what story she sets her mind to, it's certain to be amazing.
The past couple days, this scene just keeps playing in my head on a loop.
There seems to be an endless supply of Will Ropers in Conservative, Inc., these days.
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I write poetry, have played baseball, have paid taxes for 20+ years, used the toilet all on my own like usual, and went to my regular job today.
And I’m autistic.
I hope every step RFK Jr. takes for the rest of his life is on a bunch of Legos.
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A teacher at the school where my husband works said he shared my newsletter on writing by hand with his students to help them understand why they have to learn penmanship and turn in handwritten papers. I love that my writing might help them see the value and beauty in doing something difficult and countercultural.
"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Luke 23:42
This is a phrase that has been in my mind all week heading into Easter. Something that I’ve been reflecting on in my own journey in this Catholic faith.
This moment that is recorded deals with the two thieves that are on the Cross with Christ at the crucifixion. One who mocks Christ for being there. The other with a more repentant heart. As he pleads for his soul.
How many times can we see ourselves in both thieves on the Cross? I …
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“These three events in our Lord’s life—the Last Supper, the crucifixion and the resurrection—form a single redemptive act, which we call the Paschal Mystery. In the same way, ‘Though chronologically three days,’ the three days of the Paschal Triduum ‘are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery.’ Likewi…
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One of the most dashing heroes of World War II, and one of the finest English stylists of the last century to boot, was Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011). Well before his association with the military, he decided in 1933, as an eighteen-year-old dropout, to walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople. The books he…
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Getting an encouraging message from a reader out of the blue was a wonderful thing to wake up to. Blessed be God, who has been so good to me.
Maundy Thursday in the Book of Pericopes (c. 1140) and in the Ingeburg Psalter (c. 1210)
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A message from someone who unsubscribed from my newsletter this morning:
"The problem with 'independent media' is that if I am going to pay money for commentary it has to be for someone who shares my world view."
Ugh. Couldn't disagree more.
I have not had a headache this bad in years. Probably a combination of sinus mixed with migraine.
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Virgil van Dijk is the only central defender aged 32 or older to play every single minute of his club's league campaign in Europe's top five leagues this season.
Little Hitler does not care...he thinks he "won" the trucker convoy protest...he is emboldened...as long as the dipshits in Canada keep voting him in...they deserve every bit of what is coming to them.
Except the cheating has gotten little Castro elected. The people hate him. Same as happened in France and here!
