Rambling on NCR priests

For both, primary sources and scholarly journals are nostalgic memories of seminary days.

Rambling on Sex Advice

“These are words you won’t see as an episcopal motto any time soon.”

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 […]

Rambling on a Vocational Beer

Mark you calendars–September 9 is “International Buy Your Priest a Beer Day.”

Rambling on Bishops

The wrath of a bishop going through a canonical process is like herpes; it always comes back.

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 […]

Rambling on Mass times stopping the spread of Christianity

The pagan Romans had it all wrong; the arrest, torture and killing of the small Jewish sect known as Christians was not necessary to stamp it out. If they were serious about ending the heresy that threatened to dethrone Jupiter, Venus et al from the pantheon of heaven, they simply should have asked the Christian […]

Fr. Richard's Ramblings

Catholic Commentary with a Curious Curve