May your life be filled with mystery. May your soul be filled with curiosity. And may your heart be filled with love.

I can't stand intellectual dishonesty. When it manifests itself as demons speaking, it is intolerable. Dear fellow Catholics, To save your souls and protect your charisms, please never have a conversation with a nulla ecclesia zealot about what matters. Your friend, Θεόφιλος

Given the direction of the past few years, taking into account more recent declarations and unfortunate occurrences, the Vatican is on track to doctrinally develop itself out of a job. Just sayin.

I have to thank @PadrePeregrino for something that resonated with me in a visceral and fundamental way today. I was listening to his introduction to the "Peregrino Ignatian Path" and he summarized the rules for discernment of spirit in a sentence paraphrased as: Satan can

That there isn't a Catholic apologist going by the moniker... Rico Zouave ...seems just a bit unlikely to me.

Had I a child, I would name him/her Chat. The dopamine overload from watching livestreams would be amazing.

Make John the Baptist Great Again.

Awhile back I did a deep dive into James White apologetics and, after a bit, decided to play the "θεόπνευστος" drinking game. My liver is now failing.

I have been making this argument since the conclave and this is the very last time I will say it. Without denying the truth of the Bishop of Rome... It is *impossible* to not be concerned that the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV is a nod to liberation theology.

I have been making this argument since the conclave and this is the very last time I will say it. Without denying the truth of the Bishop of Rome... It is *impossible* to not be concerned that the election of Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV is a nod to liberation theology.

Bourbon, though made from a mash of grains all containing gluten, is gluten-free. If you care about this fact, you are part of the problem.

The Greek genitive form of the nomina sacra for "human" is: ANOY I do not think this is by chance.

Except Mary's was a virgin birth and Joseph was talked into adopting Jesus by an angel in a dream. How then was Jesus the "seed of David" and was the Messianic prophecy actually fulfilled?

Today's second reading (office of readings) is from St. Ignatius reading, in part: "I take no delight in corruptible food or in the pleasures of this life. I want the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was David’s seed, and for drink I want his blood, the sign

There is one part of Messianic prophecy I have never been able to grasp. (Not quoting OT passages to leave as an exercise for the reader) Mt:1 starts with a confirmation of the conclusion of the OT prophecy by reciting lineage from Abraham through the exile to David to Jesus. /1

"Holding up a sign never helped anyone!" Literally us:

The hymn for the office of readings this morning was the Ave Maria. So I went down a rabbit hole and I'll be upset if you don't find this as uplifting as I do: https://t.co/oecIz5XZe8

Protestant: Blah blah blah some protestanty thing that I stopped listening to quite a while ago. Me: You should re-read Romans. P: I read it, what did that have to do with anything? M: Nothing. I just really like Romans and I think you should like it as much as I do.

I have a favorite line from Glee which I only thought of because of @victoriapalmer, to wit: "Did you know dolphins are just gay sharks?"

Black cat on a black blanket. Oil on canvas, 2025.

Meritocracy has a final form. And it is Klingon.