The Parable of the Mote and the Beam. Domenico Fetti      “That person, over there, they aren’t like me.  They shouldn’t enjoy the same advantages as I do.  In fact, the courts will probably agree with me, so, why not oppress them?”      You, probably, thought I was talking about systemic racism, the… Continue reading Jots, Tittles, and Beams

       I once had a conversation with a former professional clown.  He told me that the reason he quit was because every time he went on stage, a voice in the back of his head kept saying, “I gotta be funny; I gotta be funny.”  It wasn’t so much that he hated being a… Continue reading I think, therefore, I blog?

I. Introduction      At the blog of Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z’s Blog), several posts have been made regarding certain bishops restricting the reception of Holy Communion to only Communion in the hand during the COVID-19 pandemic.  One exasperated commenter wrote (I will leave out his name, since I do not know if he wants… Continue reading Which is safer: Communion on the Tongue or in the Hand: a theoretical investigation