Episodes

  • Through the Lens of Death

    Through the Lens of Death
    Apr 30 2026
    In a culture that avoids death, we lose sight of how to live. Let’s rethink success, comparison, and moral clarity through mortality.
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    5 mins
  • Sterilizing the Poor with Despair

    Sterilizing the Poor with Despair
    Apr 21 2026
    There is an expanding worldview, even amongst Catholics, which sees children not as an end unto themselves but as a mere choice among many, a status symbol, an indicator of financial stability, or simply the means of happiness for unfulfilled couples. In this understanding, children become merely useful or not, timely or not, wanted…or not. It distorts the understanding of marriage and rips at the fabric of the family. My latest for Crisis Magazine: https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/sterilizing-the-poor-with-despair
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    8 mins
  • A State Against Its Own People

    A State Against Its Own People
    Apr 18 2026
    A state is never neutral. It encourages certain choices by what it makes easier. Now that laws are making death easier than care, an implicit statement is being made about human worth. https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/a-state-against-its-own-people
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    5 mins
  • The Injustice of Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Defense

    The Injustice of Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Defense
    Apr 10 2026
    When we make idols of a criminal class, we make victims of the upright. California plans to use taxpayer funds to pay for immigration defense attorneys for those facing deportation. It represents a perverse redistribution of resources away from the innocent. https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/the-injustice-of-taxpayer-funded
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    5 mins
  • Have a Blessed Triduum

    Have a Blessed Triduum
    Apr 2 2026
    The Triduum is upon us. These are the three days in which we walk with Christ through his darkest moments—those times that were so monstrous because of us. It’s also a time in which we see so clearly that He knows what it is to suffer in every way, not only in the more direct manner as upon the Cross, but in the preparation for that end: https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/have-a-blessed-triduum
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    3 mins
  • Losing Oneself to Performance

    Losing Oneself to Performance
    Mar 28 2026
    Performance culture doesn’t just encourage people to lie. It teaches them to disappear into a mere echo of the crowd: https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/losing-oneself-to-performance
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    8 mins
  • Why a Premature Baby Feels Like an Accusation

    Why a Premature Baby Feels Like an Accusation
    Mar 19 2026
    When a premature baby fights for life, the natural response should be compassion. Increasingly, it is something else. What does it mean when even the sight of a child feels like an accusation https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/why-a-premature-baby-feels-like-an
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    5 mins
  • Turn Off the Noise. Light a Candle.

    Turn Off the Noise. Light a Candle.
    Mar 9 2026
    We don’t have to pretend that we dislike modern conveniences, but we must acknowledge that we have souls, and live accordingly. https://writings.crusadergal.com/p/turn-off-the-noise-light-a-candle
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    4 mins