Archive - The Earth and the Ether

There is a school of thought in moral theology that lends itself to calculation of culpability. If you press someone on this, they’ll deny it, but it’s…

Jan 4 •

Mary C. Tillotson

December 2023

The real meaning of Christmas, the reason for the season, etc.

I heard a talk/exhortation recently with which I almost entirely disagreed, so I’m taking to substack to say my piece. The speaker began with the…

Dec 19, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

November 2023

Finding the right prayer

Someone asked me today if there were prayers besides the Rosary when you have a particular intention. The short answer is yes, absolutely, lots but I…

Nov 30, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

I gave a talk, or led a discussion, or something, this morning about prayer. Someone asked a question and I wanted to give it a better answer here…

Nov 17, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

May 2023

What I'm reading: How the Saints Shaped History

I’ve been busier with other projects than I was hoping to be, but while I have a quick minute, I want to plug my dad’s book, which launches today…

May 22, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

On second thought

I took down my review of She Deserves Better almost as soon as I posted it, because I’m not sure that I said what I wanted to say, and I may have said…

May 6, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

February 2023

What I'm Reading: St. Clement on Repentence

The Office of Readings consists of two longer readings, usually (or always?) one from Scripture and one from a saint or Church document or something. In…

Feb 22, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

What I'm reading

Things may be slowing down around here, but now I’ve got a backlog of all the things I’ve been putting off during the month and a half of various…

Feb 13, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

January 2023

So to honor him

It is late — no longer Christmas unless you’re using a very traditional calendar and insisting that you’re celebrating until Feb. 2. But our home, like…

Jan 27, 2023 •

Mary C. Tillotson

December 2022

some brief thoughts on evil

I had wanted to write more in recent weeks, but the past month or so has been rather eventful in my family. (If you know, you know.) I don’t have a ton…

Dec 9, 2022 •

Mary C. Tillotson

October 2022

Genesis & Romans

I want to apologize in advance for this because I do not have my thoughts in order. I feel like my ideas haven’t quite come into focus, but I’m hoping…

Oct 12, 2022 •

Mary C. Tillotson

What I'm Reading: Deep Conversion / Deep Prayer

Thomas Dubay on happy families, and other things

Oct 5, 2022 •

Mary C. Tillotson

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts