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Some Muslims, I might say, at least progressive Muslims, actually reverence Jesus more than we do Muhammad. Further, we have a special veneration for St. Thomas Aquinas. And we’re encouraged to go to Confession at least once a month. To a Catholic priest. Now, in proposing these fascinating ideas, I might be right or I might be wrong. But would I be Muslim? A progressive Muslim? Any kind of Muslim?

What? Don’t tell me you haven’t been celebrating this whole time? Must be one of our best-kept secrets: the Christmas *season.*

Should the Catholic Church use Linux? On principle?

On the other hand, maybe I thought also of my wife. She gives up her body for our daughter. Pregancy, birth, nursing — plenty of joys, but also plenty of pain and aggravation. And plenty of time.

How many authors are hilarious? Brilliant? Coherent? Happy? Catholic?

Why? Because the Divine Office (also called the Liturgy of the Hours) is like a choo-choo train, or one of those pill organizers with all the little boxes. If you can master that concept, you’ve got it made.

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And countless choirs of angels would appear, not to the Pope, or even to the local bishop, but to a few greasy oil-change mechanics in their shop, just finishing up on an old station wagon…

I have to say that Brother David is the only monk I have ever known who, a few minutes after meeting you, rolls up his left sleeve and proceeds to tell you the story of the 8-inch scar embedded in his forearm.