I got ready to leave for college on a full Catholic ride obtained by the oblivious monsignor after his rectory housemate, the sly, crooked, shifty monsignor, our pastor, had assaulted me, a secret I kept as a service to the whole world so it wouldn’t blow up the way my mind had blown up. MomContinue reading “For Sure”
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The Immaculate Conception
The Blessed Mother was celebrated this last December 8 for being untouched by sin. As a virgin, she was also untouched by sex, our Catholic teachers insisted, though nothing in scripture tells us that. For the faithful, sex and sin were extremely close. So when my six-foot Catholic pastor shoved me up against a wallContinue reading “The Immaculate Conception”