Help for divorced, celibate Catholics?

While everyone’s twisting themselves into knots about how the Church should or should not respond to people who are divorced and remarried, there is another segment of the population who could use some attention:  people who are divorced and intend to remain celibate. I got this question from a female reader:

Are there ANY resources for divorced Catholics that are trying to remain celibate?? It seems like most are geared toward teenagers. Chastity and celibacy aren’t just manly issues either. Thank you!!!!
Rather than just start casting around on Google, I figured you guys would know. Any books, websites, message boards, groups, programs you can recommend?

I’ll be on The Catholic Doctors Show at 6 eastern

I keep forgetting to announce these things ahead of time!  Saint Gabriel Radio , AM 820 out of Columbus, OH. Hope you can catch it!

God Said “Gevalt”

Are you a SCOIT (Suffering Catholic of Insulted Taste)? Have you white-knuckled your way through “Ashes” and “Hosea,” and bitten your tongue as your PinterEst pals gush over empty tomb rolls?

PIC empty tomb rolls. “Gather ’round, children, as I tell you a tale of a marshmallow named Jesus, who melted. Now eat His grave. EAT IT!”

In the spirit of ecumenism, I would like to remind you that Christians by no means corner the market on ghastly religious kitsch bordering on blasphemy. As your token mudblood Jew who is allowed to make fun of stuff like this, I present

TEN PLAGUE FINGER PUPPETS

For Passover.  Because, in the words of Sepharidic Medieval philosopher Mosheh ben Maimon, when you want to convey an ontologically freighted story of misery, death, loss and salvation, you want to do it in the most oogly googly, felty welty, puppety wuppety way possible.

Then this morning, my daughter sent me this link from from Etsy:

Yarr, it’s the Ten Plagues Fingernail Decals.

You won’t want to Pass-over these Ten Plagues Nail Decals! These adorable frogs, flies, and locusts are bound to be a hit at your Seder. Order yours today!

And God is saying, “Gevalt, did you want Me to smite you again? Is that what you want?“

At the Register: Jesus Isn’t Fair

Thanks be to God for that.

I’ll be on Relevant Radio Monday morning

chatting with Sean Herriot of the Morning Air Show at 8:40 eastern time.  Click hereto listen live, or go to Relevant Radio and hit the silver “listen now” button near the top of the page.  Hope you can catch it!

At the Register: Making Ashes Out of You and Me

This is the best thing I have ever written in my entire life.

Quick, before it’s Lent!

Listen to this.

I’d sign that

Here’s what I found on the dining room table this morning. They would have submitted it to the school’s director today, too, except that someone spilled coffee(?) on it.

Text:

NAP PETITION

We, the 3/4 and 5/6 [grade classrooms], believe that it is unjust that the K and K alone are allowed naps, while we carry heavier burdens, both figuratively and literally.  Are we unworthy of naps? Have we committed some wrong that degrades us? If so, please speak up! If not just remember that Tyranny is no substitute for nap-time. Thank you.

At the Register: Allow me to inspire you this Lent

I can be helpful.

$2.99 sale on my Kindle book!

Today only!  The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning – Kindle edition only — usually $4.99, today only $2.99 (which is the cheapest Amazon will let me set the price at).