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Grab a Copy of Issue 6 - Strange Catholicism here: https://www.stanthonystongue.com/margins/p/issue-vi-strange-catholicism   Buy My Book, A Catechism of the Strange, here:  https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Strange-Stigmata-Relics-Miracles/dp/0829460683   Join my Patreon here:  http://www.patreon.com/anthonystongue   Episode on the Mysticism of the Stigmata: https://youtu.be/Apc3Ifl1n5o   Irving Ho...

Check out Issue 6 here: https://www.stanthonystongue.com/margins/p/issue-vi-strange-catholicism A grandpa with the stigmata. A mystic who healed a future Catholic icon. Glowing saints, strange relics, visions, miracles, and more. Welcome to Strange Catholicism , Issue 6 of The Margins — an exploration of the strange, beautiful, and sometimes downright weird corners of the Catholic faith.

Jesus tells a story about two sons: one says yes and never moves, the other says no — then gets up and goes. In Matthew 21:28–32, we look at a faith that has to become physical: feet in the vineyard, hands in the dirt, sweat on the body. Because God doesn’t just want the yes on your lips. He wants your body where your yes is.

🕊️Resources 🕊️ Episode on Theosis: https://youtu.be/TRbknjxcA5U My Catholic Zine, The Margins: ⁠www.stanthonystongue.com/margins⁠   My Book, A Catechism of the Strange: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Strange-Stigmata-Relics-Miracles/dp/0829460683⁠   My Patreon: ⁠http://www.patreon.com/anthonystongue⁠   Why do Catholics keep bones? In this episode, we look at relics, the Bible, theosis, resurrec...

🕊️Resources 🕊️ My Catholic Zine, The Margins: ⁠www.stanthonystongue.com/margins⁠   My Book, A Catechism of the Strange: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Strange-Stigmata-Relics-Miracles/dp/0829460683⁠   My Patreon: ⁠http://www.patreon.com/anthonystongue⁠   Absolutely — keep it simple, searchable, and not stuffed : Description: On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, we sit with Mary as the wounded B...

In this episode, we look at Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant, the Greek phrase splagchnistheis —to be moved in the guts—and the way Scripture repeatedly connects holiness with a heart that can still be affected by suffering. Compassion is not the enemy of truth. The question is whether the mercy we receive from Christ actually makes us more merciful.

Some saints were said to literally glow. In this episode, we look at the strange stories of luminous saints, the Transfiguration, theosis, and what it might mean for a human life to become radiant with Christ. --- 🕊️Resources 🕊️ Mysticism, Word By Word -- Theosis: https://youtu.be/TRbknjxcA5U?si=BzlYg2gZhzG9V8xz My Catholic Zine, The Margins: www.stanthonystongue.com/margins   My Book, A Catechism...

What if heaven is closer than we think? In this Mass Prep, we explore Matthew 18:15–20, communal prayer, the Bride of Christ, and Jesus’ strange promise to be in the midst of us .

What happens when Silicon Valley’s values start shaping the Catholic imagination? In this episode, I’m talking about optimization, branding, algorithms, prayer streaks, Catholic AI, “frictionless faith,” and the danger of treating holiness like something that can be measured on a dashboard. This isn’t an anti-tech rant. It’s a plea for a messier, more embodied, more human Church — one where people...

Join my Patreon Check Out my Zine Order my Book In this week’s Mass Prep, we look at Matthew 16:21–27: Peter trying to correct Jesus, what it means to actually follow Christ, and the strange call to lose your life in order to find it.

What if the spiritual life is less about finding God, and more about realizing that God has been chasing you the whole time? In this episode, we look at Francis Thompson’s The Hound of Heaven , the conversion of Jacques Fesch, Jonah, the lost sheep, and the strange, relentless mercy of a God who refuses to stop coming after us. God Chases You Like a Dog (Essay) The Margins: A Catholic Zine Buy My...

Order my book here. Buy a zine here. In Matthew 16:13–20, Jesus asks Peter one of the most important questions in the Gospel: “Who do you say that I am?” This week, we’re reflecting on faith becoming personal, learning to recognize Christ, and the beautiful moment when Peter names Jesus—and Jesus names Peter.

Order my book, A Catechism of the Strange here: https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Strange-Stigmata-Relics-Miracles/dp/0829460683 In this episode of Mysticism, Word by Word , we explore the Christian idea of becoming more like God through grace, where it appears in Scripture, how the mystics understood it, and what it looks like in everyday spiritual life.

In this episode of From the Margins , I’m talking about why I wrote Beware of Catholic Robots — my new manifesto on Catholic AI, prayer apps, digital spirituality, human dignity, work, and what happens when faith becomes optimized, monetized, and frictionless. We’ll get into Catholic AI companies, spiritual formation, AI and pastoral care, the gamification of prayer, ethical labor, and why the Chu...

Order My Book, A Catechism of the Strange What is the stigmata — and more importantly, what does it mean? In this episode, we explore the strange Catholic phenomenon of the stigmata, the wounds of Christ appearing on the bodies of saints and mystics. We’ll talk about St. Francis of Assisi, redemptive suffering, victim souls, “offering it up,” and why these mysterious wounds reveal something deeper...

Matthew 14 gives us two banquets, and two very different kinds of kings. Herod feasts inside a palace, surrounded by wealth, spectacle, and powerful guests. By the end of the night, John the Baptist’s head is carried into the room on a platter. Then Jesus gathers the hungry in the wilderness. No palace. No guest list. No VIP section. Just grass, hunger, compassion, and bread placed into the hands...

Pre-order A Catechism of the Strange here: https://www.amazon.com/Catechism-Strange-Stigmata-Relics-Miracles/dp/0829460683 Catholicism is full of wounds, bones, dreams, incorrupt bodies, visions, relics, and saints who seemed to glow with the presence of God. But these strange things are not merely spooky trivia. They reveal something essential about the Christian life: grace does not simply forgi...

We live in a world that constantly tells us we need one more thing. One more book. One more devotion. One more answer. So on and so on. But in Sunday's Gospel, Jesus tells a different story. The merchant finds one pearl—and stops searching. In this week's mass prep, let's talk about what it means to stop shopping for God, why the Kingdom can't be mass-produced, and how Christ is th...

This episode connects with Issue IV of The Margins , God in the Gutters , available now. Dorothy Day was a journalist, anarchist, Catholic convert, founder of the Catholic Worker—and perhaps the only saint to ever land on an FBI watchlist. In this episode, we look at Dorothy through the lens of mysticism: a transformative awareness of God’s presence that increases our love of God and neighbor. For...

Buy a Zine: www.stanthonystongue.com/margins What does the Church mean when it calls itself the Mystical Body of Christ? In this episode of Mysticism Word by Word , we explore how Christ joins us to Himself—and to one another—so deeply that His life begins to move between us. The Mystical Body is not merely a metaphor. It means grace transforms us, love binds us together, and Christ remains presen...

Keeping this brief this week as I am recording the audio version of my book! But let's talk Matthew 13! Last week, Jesus spoke about the seed. This week, He shows us what happens when it begins growing in a messy field. The weeds do not mean the wheat has failed. The field is unfinished—but God is still at work. Buy a Zine: www.stanthonystongue.com/margins

Buy a Zine: http://www.stanthonystongue.com/margins Join the Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/anthonystongue What does Matthew 25 reveal about mercy, judgment, and the way we see people on the margins? In this episode, we talk about the saints we have sanitized, the difficult human beings they chose to love, and the Christ who identifies himself with the hungry, the sick, the imprisoned, the wounde...

Mass Prep for Matthew 13:1–23, the Parable of the Sower. God is not waiting for the perfect soul before He speaks. He throws the Word into distracted hearts, wounded hearts, hard hearts, and overgrown hearts. The soul is not a machine. It is dirt. And grace is a seed with dirt under its fingernails.

The devil hates soup. Not because soup is magic, but because mercy makes the love of Christ tangible. In this video, I talk about the works of mercy as mysticism, spiritual warfare, and a way of making our faith become flesh. This idea comes from Issue IV of The Margins: God in the Gutters. Learn more / subscribe: www.stanthonystongue.com/margins

What’s the difference between meditation and contemplation—and why do Catholics so often confuse them? In this episode of Mysticism, Word by Word , we unpack what the Church means by both, how meditation can open into contemplation, and why dry prayer is still fruitful.