Rambling on Sex Advice
“These are words you won’t see as an episcopal motto any time soon.”
Read more "Rambling on Sex Advice"Author: Fr. Richard Piontkowski
Rambling on Birthing a Gay Bishop
[WARNING: Very little humor here] “Silence is not a virtue when charity calls for speech.” (St. Poemen, c. 400) Besides a provocative title, let’s set some ground rules: 1) celibacy is celibacy; whether gay or straight is a moot point. 2) Celibacy is much more than not being married, to state otherwise neglects our theology […]
Read more "Rambling on Birthing a Gay Bishop"Rambling on a Vocational Beer
Mark you calendars–September 9 is “International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day.”
Read more "Rambling on a Vocational Beer"Rambling on a Psychic City
What makes Ashton special is that it’s a town, excuse me, a village of psychics.
Read more "Rambling on a Psychic City"Rambling on the Devout
What constitutes a devout atheist, pray tell?
Read more "Rambling on the Devout"Rambling on Blood Money
“Go ye therefore and buy the latest, fastest, extended range Dassault Falcon 7X jet money can buy.”
Read more "Rambling on Blood Money"Ramblings on the Holy Trinity and Family
My mom should have been a spy; if caught she would never give the torturers the time of day, let alone any family or state secrets.
Read more "Ramblings on the Holy Trinity and Family"Rambling on Haunted Convents
…a Polish priest retired to a former Polish convent filled with Polish nun’s phantoms? What’s not to like?
Read more "Rambling on Haunted Convents"Rambling on Bishops
The wrath of a bishop going through a canonical process is like herpes; it always comes back.
Read more "Rambling on Bishops"Rambling on Discerning a Priestly Vocation
All right, how do you know you have a vocation to the priesthood? Many young men think of St. Paul being knocked off the horse and a blazing light from heaven announcing their sacerdotal calling; but it is rarely, if ever like that. So I propose some indicators that might reveal that the Lord is […]
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