It seems like a bit of irony to write about humility around the Fourth of July, when my nation celebrates freedom and independence with great pride. Then again, Independence Day has always been ironic to me, because my mother told me that I was conceived on that day — and I’m certainly not independent. With […]
I’ve been suffering. I’ve been suffering from something that I caught through the rants, ridiculing, and general rancor of social media. Symptoms include feverish disgust and the malignant, aching fatigue of discontent. The continuous bitter taste of discouragement is also experienced with this ailment, along with the lightheadedness of prideful disdain. The cause of this […]
On the most recent Solemnity of Corpus Christi, I heard something in the familiar Gloria that I had never heard before. What struck me was calling the first Divine Person of the Holy Trinity “King” and then “Father.” This particular Sunday I spoke the words of praise in my home with a televised Mass, observing […]
God Stuck in My Teeth the sublime shock of knowing I gnaw and gnash the Body of God in my mouth; I swallow Him, digest Him, and even my breath carries the odorous sacrament of God’s eaten Flesh… Oh, the horror, the beauty, the terrible humility of God! I can never fathom the exquisite love, […]
(This is an unusual post for me. But it felt necessary.) They didn’t need a gun to kill George Floyd. Just a knee on the neck, + gravity + time… the centuries of oppression, domination pushing down… until a man can’t breathe. Hold still. Don’t resist. You’ve done wrong. You must pay. But no trial […]
