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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
The Grumpy Old Guy and the Little Girl
Today’s feast day for St Jerome falls happily the day before the feast of St Therese of Lisieux. St Therese said, “How different are all the saints! In heaven the greatest doctor of the [...]
Progress or Progressivism?
Today's blog post is an excerpt from my book Beheading Hydra: A Radical Plan for Christians in an Atheistic Age The idea that progress is always good springs from the enlightenment thinkers of the eighteenth [...]
Altar Girls? Yea or Nay?
I am often asked my opinion about girl altar servers--yea or nay? Readers of my blog and of my book Letters on Liturgy and anyone who attends Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary, Greenville will [...]
C.S.Lewis and Women Priests
Fr Thomas Reese S.J has suggested that the upcoming synod can change church teaching on women's ordination to the diaconate and priesthood. It's worth examining this claim by reviewing the history of this divisive [...]
The Synod on Synodality: A Critique
I have hesitated to write or speak about the upcoming Synod on Synodality for several reasons. First, I really do try to be open minded and give projects and people the benefit of the [...]
Do We Need Dogma?
It is interesting that Pope Francis, in a recent interview has called for priests to be normal guys who play soccer rather than "preaching dogma". The Holy Father's opposition to dogma would seem to [...]
