Clinging to Onions

And God answered: ‘You take that onion then, hold it out to her in the lake, and let her take hold and be pulled out. And if you can pull her out of the lake, let her come to Par­adise’ (Dostoevsky).

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Dance Marathon III: Of Carnival and Caring

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It’s a pleasure to return to Dance Marathon, to join the fun, and join you in supporting the vital work of Riley Hospital – a work that mak...
Monday, January 6, 2025

Of Eye Boogers and the Eucharist: A Meditation on God’s Profligate Love

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"My dear God, how stupid we people are until You give us something. Even in praying it is You who have to pray in us.”  ~ Flannery O’Co...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Luminous Pluck: Salt and Light in a Hurting World

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  “I could have done more. This regret will follow me to my death….  Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on ...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Quirky Things I Do at Mass

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“Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves, that he who gives himself totally to you may receive you totally!”  ~ St. Francis of Assisi...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

But I Digress: A Nursing Pinning Reflection

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Digress with abandon. Digress in your caring and comforting, listening and loving, soothing and sacrificing. There’s a hurting world out the...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Spinning in Her Grave: Of Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker, and Gender Ideology

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This letter to the New York City Catholic Worker was mailed in early September 2023. A copy was also included in the package of newspapers...
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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Catholic Higher Education and the Pursuit of Holiness

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“Why do we educate our daughters? Briefly we educate them for exactly the reason  for which God made them: to know, to love, to serve, to gl...
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