have you seen this one? similar concept, but spoken, and starting far back in time and slowly coming into current day youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...

This is very cool. I can read to 1300 without trouble, then just get a few phrases in 1200 (so that I know some of what’s happening but am missing enough that it’s a problem), then few enough words in 1100 that I can no longer follow anything.

When I was an undergrad, I happened upon an article I have never again found any evidence of, titled “Fuck, or, Must Christians Adopt Bourgeois Values?” which—unless I imagined the whole thing—was about coarse language in the bible.

The microwaved cheeseburgers in plastic bags that they sell in the Cafe Car of the Amtrak Northeast Regional.

Liberation from AI is also liberation from Gender, in this essay I will

guys i will never see you post about “butlerian jihad” and not think it’s gender-liberation struggle.

Going to show this image to every person who asked me with great intensity how I was adjusting to winter in Chicago, having moved from that famously snowless region of ... the South Shore of Massachusetts.

I don’t like how so many people on here take after bad faith pundits and invent people in their head to be mad at

Always a horror to wake up to this.

PAPA LEONE YES

OK, I have been trying to do the “make your phone grayscale” thing and WOW does it stress me out. Trying to figure out whether or notit is a stress that is worth enduring.

March 2026 is not, in fact, “Easter season,” Fox.

If you know a Roman Catholic in the Chicago area looking for work who would make a strong Director of Young Adult Ministry, please DM me!

Logged into LinkedIn for the first time in months and immediately started hyperventilating.

"The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the conscience of every American. Whatever their immigration status, these are human beings created in the image and likeness of God, and this is a moral inflection point for our country."

I have very strong concerns with Hallow (including the heavy investment of Peter Thiel), but: it’s a totally different Alex Jones. They just happen to share the same very common name.

Ash Wednesday "is a day for those who work with the dust of the earth in construction, in cleaning, in harvesting the crops of the fields, all to support their families. Yet, remember from the beginning it is dust that God uses to create humanity."

The shorter version of the gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (John 4:5-42) completely excises the woman leaving her water jar to go preach in town & "many of the Samaritans of that town" beginning to believe in Jesus "because of the word of the woman who testified" and I'm pretty steamed about it.

Here is my post-Ash Wednesday hot take: It would make me, personally, sad, but I wonder if it would be salutary for US Catholicism if Rome made us go with sprinkling-on-the-crown for Ash Wednesday rather than cross-on-the-forehead.

Do not. bother. Jesus.

The Disciple Maker Index Survey, which is used by a number of arch/dioceses across the country, has been vetted by bishops, so why is this the wording used for this question when the Church is clear that baptized Christians do not CONVERT to Catholicism.

The absolute annoyance I feel every time something asks me to take a work-related survey and includes a question like "What is your role? / Who is responsible for [something]?" with the only answers being "Pastor, Parish Secretary, Parish Business Manager, Volunteer."

Quoted in the Sun-Times with the single most “daughter of a Philadelphia politician” ministry quote I could possibly have provided.

Our evening mass was so crowded I think we need to try to add a second mass in the church hall next year. It’s exciting and beautiful to see people deeply return to being together in person.

Letter of Cardinal Cupich to Archdiocesan priests: “We fail in living up to our faith if we claim to follow Christ, while dismissing the suffering of migrants.”

Cardinal Cupich: “Today is a day that speaks to all those who live in the shadows and in secret. Our immigrant friends know what it is like to live in the shadows, fearing a knock at their door…God does not need papers to see who you are.”

Liturgical Protestants celebrate Ash Wednesday and Lent; Catholics (and not just “mainline progressive Christians”) are currently & historically very active in providing material support to immigrants, refugees, and people impacted by violence & disasters across the world.

Pope Leo: “We perceive in the ashes imposed on us the weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war. This is also reflected in the ashes of international law and justice among peoples, the ashes of entire ecosystems and harmony among peoples, the ashes of critical thinking.”

Reporter: May I ask, if you’re comfortable sharing, how do you plan to observe Lent? Is there anything you’re giving up? Me: Sure, of course! (My mind immediately goes blank)

Obeying today’s gospel by having a particular good hair day.

There’s a survey the archdiocese has asked all parishes to participate in that launches today. All of their emails are addressed to “Rev. (Pastor’s First Name) and Primary Contact” and, guys. You have my first name. You could make your mail software merge it just like it merges his.

To unnecessarily deport a sick baby and his entire family is heinous. My staff and I are in contact with Juan’s family.

my hot take is i don't think people should be using ruth 1:16-17 at catholic weddings.

When I lived in Mass., a coworker said she was going to take someone to a local breakfast spot on Fat Tuesday for a work conversation. I asked in a meeting if she thought it would be too crowded because of people going for pancakes, and no one in the room had any clue what I was talking about.

Two or three times a year I develop a desperate hankering for limeade, and each time, I think “Am I at risk of scurvy?” I PROMISE I eat vegetables.

A woman just walked down the L platform wearing all-black scrubs and a long black leather coat, which was floating around her like a cloak, and surely this is the coolest woman in Chicago. I can conclude only that she is an ER doctor by day & vampire hunter by night. I am honored to have seen her.

Interesting series of postcards: "'Saint Mary of the Highways' I & II are names of two trailer chapels operated by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. Designed by George F. Chaplain, one was built in 1938 and the second in 1948. They were dedicated by Bishop Ireton..." yesterdays.maprva.org/16708/

Once again did a google search without adding “-ai” or whatever it is we’re supposed to do; once again was offered an AI summary I didn’t ask for; once again the AI summary was false. I don’t think it’s good that the first thing that appears when we search is now false!

A famous person whom I don’t follow closely at all and yet would be genuinely disappointed if I ever learned was a jerk or seriously harmed other people is Yo-Yo Ma.

Everyone needs to watch How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Lisa McGee (Derry Girls writer/showrunner)’s new show, which has the wit of Derry Girls and is about 3 38-year-old women trying to unravel a murder mystery.

book beek!!!

You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit assault. But I say to you, everyone who uses AI to “undress” a person has already assaulted her in his heart.

Congrats to Jesuit higher ed for having three schools on the list. Notre Dame: I’m not surprised, but I am judging.

Personally I'll be waiting until tomorrow for twice as many marshmallows

Texting with colleagues.

Really can’t see the reports about the woman who set fire to that proposed detention center in Kansas City without thinking about Dan Berrigan’s statement on behalf of the Catonsville Nine.

Can you tell I was cold when I wrote this.

I cannot at this moment imagine a more pointedly anti-Eucharistic act than this.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.