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Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

Grateful to @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social for this clear-sighted, measured approach to our present distress. No naive optimism, but also a refusal of despair.

I like Pritzker, but I also don't give a fuck if the people terrorizing communities and murdering people in the streets are well trained or not (both of the recent murderers seem to have been so).

ICE murdered a nurse today

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

I was firmly resolved not to watch it (having been so advised by a wise friend), but it popped up in my timeline and I couldn't look away. It has not helped me (or the cause) in the least to have seen it.

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ICE does it with malice and glee, but the parent in a drop-off line just think it's worth considering whether they'll run over children, pedestrians, or cyclists.

You will never find people with less regard for human life than parents dropping their kids off for school.

Axia!

I don't at all support disrupting services in houses of worship. At the same time, a whole lot of people who've been silent about ICE brutalizing their neighbors sure are telling on themselves by clutching their pearls over the protest of the church with an ICE field director on its pastoral staff.

It feels weird to promote my book while our country is descending into fascism, but its subject, Henri de Lubac, was active in anti-Nazi resistance during the occupation of France, so engaging with his thought is a good practice of all of us in these trying times.

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Tweet from Robert Barron: As a resident of Minnesota and as bishop of the Diocese of Winona- Rochester, my heart is breaking over the situation in my home state. Violence, retribution, threats, protests, deep suspicion of one another, political unrest, fear-all of it swirling around all the time. May I make a modest proposal for exiting this unbearable state of affairs? The Trump Administration and ICE should limit themselves, at least for the time being, to rounding up undocumented people who have committed serious crimes. Political leaders should stop stirring up resentment against officers who are endeavoring to enforce the laws of the country. And protestors should cease interfering with the work of ICE. And everyone on all sides must stop shouting at one another and demonizing their opponents. Where we are now is untenable. There is a way out.

I've been looking forward to the new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours for years. Disappointed when they announced it would be published by Word on Fire. Wasn't sure how I'd handle it in classes where I assign it. This settles it: we're switching to apps. No funds for collaborationist grifters

There were bishops in Vichy France with more courage than this

Imagine being pushed around by Ben Shapiro

Seems appropriate to begin reading the works of Yves de Montcheuil, SJ, who was murdered by the Gestapo one week after Renee Good was murdered by ICE.

Persuasion Won't Work When Conversion is Needed Y'all need Jesus, myself included.

You can't persuade Trumpers because they don't care about truth, goodness, or reality. Conversion is the only way forward.

so between "if you work for the feds on immigration, seek counsel for the sake of your immortal soul" from the bishop of dallas and now "clergy, update your wills then hit the streets" from the bishop of new hampshire, I feel that a shift has begun in 2026 in the rhetoric from episcopal leadership

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Wisdom, Knowledge, and Faith Leading contemporary Episcopal theologians, both established figures and emerging voices, reflect on the vocation of theology from their unique perspectives.The Episcopal Church has a deep, rich, dive...

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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

a man in a suit and tie is crying with his eyes closed in a dark room . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is crying with his eyes closed in a dark room .

I generally love the Episcopal Church’s Hymnal (1982), but every now and then a hymn is unconscionably mangled. One such instance is “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” ⚓️

Then, yes.

RATM?

Do the Beastie Boys count? Or Anthrax, feat. Public Enemy?

Christmas & the Politics of Incarnation - The Living Church To mistake Jesus's Incarnation, death, and resurrection for a purely spiritual reality is a misreading. The story leads to the public square.

I’ve been reading a lot of Marie-Dominique Chenu lately, which has had me thinking about the politics of the incarnation.

Raising the Bastions Hans Urs von Balthasar can help us understand the ongoing practical and spiritual crisis within the Catholic right.

My friend @catholickungfu.bsky.social’s feature in @commonweal.bsky.social presents a compelling example of what I might call “theological liberalism” that isn’t necessarily therefore “liberal theology.”

And it’s just damn good public theology too. www.commonwealmagazine.org/carpenter-an...

The Promise of Immanuel A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent

I preached this weekend about hope amid catastrophe.

Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It

Trans people are beautiful: fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14).

Gender affirming care saves lives.

Policies like this are cruel and hypocritical, because gender affirming care is widely available to and used by cisgender people.