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FaithWorks! 9

Go here for the ninth edition of my free, weekly newsletter FaithWorks! Practical help on the practice of the Catholic faith.

Christ in Creation from Frank Viola’s Jesus: A Theography

Instead of a simple book review I’m using Frank Viola and Leonard Sweet’s book Jesus: A Theography as a jumping off point for a couple of posts. First of all– a couple of reasons why I like this book and recommend it to you. First, the content is solid and scholarly, but Second, it’s written in [...]

Stick ‘em Up Special Book Offer

Go here to learn about the special book offer associated with my annual Stick ‘em Up Campaign.

Paper Crowns and Plastic Trophies

Here is my weekly homily for Catholic Online on the day’s gospel for the Year of Faith. What are you serving the Lord for? A reward? Faith is different and stranger than that.

Stale Cheese on Fridays!

Gossip has it that Cardinal Dolan is thinking of bringing back a more specific rule for Catholics: abstinence from meat on Fridays. The usual grumble about this is that it is not a penance to eat fish. Seafood is not only delicious, it’s can also be more of a luxury than meat. Where’s the penance [...]

There’s a Wildness in God’s Mercy

The classical hymn “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” always makes me joke in the vestry before service, “There’s a Wildness in God’s Mercy” then during a dull moment in church I thought, “Truest words are spoken in jest. There is actually a wildness in God’s mercy.” What is ‘wildness’, well first thing I think [...]

Stick ‘em Up Book Offer

We’re going into the second week of this here Stick ‘em Up Campaign folks, and padre tells me that some of you are pitching in, but too many of you are slinking out the back door without paying. That’s kinda like pretending you’re going to the john when you’re at the saloon but slipping out [...]

Would Jesus Recognize Catholic Worship?

  I posted a picture the other day of  worship at St Peter’s. There was a crowd of altar servers, robed clergy in procession and clouds of incense. In the combox someone observed, “Would Jesus recognize this as worship?” I don’t know the commenter and his background, but it sounds like the comment is based [...]

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Stick ‘em Up – Day 6

I ain’t doing much today folks. Just sittin’ on the porch watch the bees buzzin’ I ain’t going to harangue nobody today. Just want to remind you to get over the right sidebar and make your donations to the padre’s Stick ‘em Up Campaign. Now go on. Git.