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A collection of 878 issues

This Lent: Resolving without Resolving

Paradox lies at the very roots of existence; we are all born the children of paradox . . . G.K. Chesterton There, in the gate, before the bar raises to let those spiritual horses run, sits the left hemisphere: all grinning and shit, holding a pole at your horse's feet,

Benedict in the City

My Kindle’s a cluttered attic, stuffed with a few books I pick at like a vulture when the mood strikes. Nothing I’d sink into, just odds and ends for those moments when the world’s noise gets too shrill. One of them’s E. Michael Jones’ Benedict’s

We Either Flee Devils or Fight Them

Toward the end of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield tells himself he will move out West and shut himself off from everyone and everything, possibly by posing as a deaf-mute. If he pretends to be a deaf-mute, he reasons, people would have to write messages to him on

Six Potential Apparition Conclusions

From the conclusion of the Vatican's new norms for discerning apparitions

It’s Time We Recognize Noise as the Eighth Capital Sin

I’m thinking the list of seven capital sins — Pride, Envy, Avarice, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust — ought to be expanded to eight. This may be audacious of me, and I’m not sure what type of campaign I’d need in order to obtain official recognition for an eighth sin,

A Sports Cliché that Can Improve Your Daily Life

"Take what the defense gives you." Our local high school basketball coach was working with his talented but very young (8?) son. The father guarded his son. The son made the wrong move and turned the ball over. His father said, "Take what the defense gives you.

The Fact Is, Saints Have Levitated

Daniel K. Williams at Mere Orthodoxy

Rodriguez and Maundy Thursday

From the conclusion