Apr 28 2023
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Disappointment with the Church

I’m exploring disappointment in this short series of posts. Disappointment is a universal experience and becomes fuel for discouragement and depression. In today’s post I’ll look at my disappointment with the Church. That’s a capital C Church, not a local church or a denomination or even the Church in America, though each of those may…

Detail on a Diego Rivera mural in the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City
Jan 27 2020
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The Church May Be A Whore, But She’s My Mother

Detail of a Diego Rivera mural in the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City Both Dorothy Day and St. Augustine are credited with saying something like, “The Church may be a whore but she’s my mother.” I appreciate the sentiment. Beyond simply decrying the infidelity of the Church, the author was acknowledging a relationship to her,…