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Gabriel Blanchard is a Catholic convert, gay author, radical leftist, unprofessional linguist, and Japanese food snob. He grew up as an evangelical Navy brat and got a degree in Classics from the University of Maryland. Follow his articles on his faith and beliefs in gnosticism.
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2w ago
Of Whether the Body of Christ Hath a Butt As discussed before, during Year B, the Gospel of John is slightly more often selected for Sunday reading due to Mark’s brevity. Our topical character for the Easter II Gospel reading is St. Thomas—no, not the Cherubic Doctor1; I am sorry, Thomists, but he’s not in ..read more
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1M ago
Apologia Pro Blog Post Sua As trying to annotate the long Gospel passage for Palm Sunday is far too intimidating for me, I regard myself as being now caught up to the Lectionary. Hooray! In previous years, I’ve offered meditations for each of the days of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday inclusive ..read more
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1M ago
“Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child” Ag Críost an síol, ag Críost an fómhar, in iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn. Ag Críost an mhuir, ag Críost an t-iasc, i líonta Dé go gcastar sinn. Ó fhás go h-aois, is ó aois go bás, do dhá láimh, a Chríost, anall tharainn. Ó bhás go críoch, ni críoch ..read more
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1M ago
John? Mark? John Mark? Mark is by far the shortest of the canonical Gospels, and so, to suit the fifty-odd Sundays of the lectionary, it requires a bit of in-fill accordingly. The third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent all feature readings from John in Year B (respectively: 2.13-25, the cleansing of the Temple; 3.14-21 ..read more
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1M ago
Quadragesima: Linguistic Tidbits Quadragesima, the Latin for “fortieth,” is where many other languages get their words for the season we call “Lent,” such as the Spanish Cuaresma or the French Carême; the Greek Sarakosti [Σαρακοστή] (though coming of course from Greek rather than Latin roots) has the same meaning. Several cultures borrowed and adapted the ..read more
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1M ago
A Law in Review To put the Gospel from Shrove Sunday (11 Feb. this year) in context, I’m opening with a discussion of Biblical leprosy. If, for one reason or another, you prefer to pass over that juicy pustule, skip down to the passage here. A portion of the Temple Scroll, the longest of the ..read more
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2M ago
Sexagesima and Quinquagesima These are the names of the second and third Sundays in Shrovetide, which were on 4 and 11 February in 2024—in other words, the next-to-last and last Sundays before Lent, respectively. Rendered literally from the Latin, they mean “sixtieth” and “fiftieth.” Because Sundays are counted out for the forty days’ fast of ..read more
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2M ago
Mark Is a Land Contrasts Finally getting this out, a mere sixteen days after Mark 1.21-28 was actually used as our Mass Gospel! Hoping to catch up to where we now are by, or perhaps on, Ash Wednesday. Speaking of Mark: as we’re now in Year B, I recently wrote us a brief intro to ..read more