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January 2015

January 15, 2015

Atheism or Catholicism – You Choose

I’ve got this gadget on my home page that generates quotable quotes. You don’t know...

January 14, 2015

Apologetics 101

Whenever I am involved in conversations with non-Catholic Christians I go straight to the authority...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Let’s Have Clarity, Charity…and Hilarity

Someone said recently that I have firmly declared myself to be a conservative. Indeed someone...

October 03, 2014

Ten Things That Changed St Francis Forever…

...and can change you too. One of the things that makes St Francis so popular...

October 03, 2014

Make Room for Curmudgeons

This week has long been one of my favorites in the church year. Who can...

October 01, 2014

The Day I Met St Therese

I was an Anglican priest the summer I met St Therese of Lisieux. I was...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Could St Joseph of Cupertino Really Fly?

Today is the feast day of St Joseph of Cupertino. To learn about his life...

September 12, 2014

Ten Things to Remember When You’re Fed Up With Other Catholics

Maybe it's just me, but I seem to hear an increasing amount of grumbling from...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Powerful St Patrick

Some time ago I had a dream in which I saw a young boy swimming...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

Virginity and the Little Flower of the Mohawks

In learning more about St Kateri Tekakwitha I was struck by the connecting points between...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

Works Without Faith is Dead

The old debate still rages in which Catholics dispute with Protestants who say that salvation...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

Frodo Baggins and St Therese

The Little Way Through Middle Earth is a long article I wrote some time ago...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Thomas Aquinas the the Flying Nun

In a nearby convent there was a nun who had taken to levitating during...

January 21, 2013

Caitlin O’Rourke on Little Girls

Guest blogger Caitlin O’Rourke is a member of St Bridget’s, Church, High Dudgeon, New Jersey....

January 01, 2013

Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of Me

I had a Southern Baptist friend who thought it was amusing, when visiting Catholic churches,...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

I Love Lucy

Not Lucile Ball, but St Lucy is the one I love. It is her feast...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

What I Didn’t Say About Christ the King

One of the difficulties about preaching is there is too much to say and too...

November 02, 2012

Sin or Sanctity?

Sin is monotonous. Sanctity is totally original. Underneath this observation lurks a deeper truth--that sin...

November 01, 2012

The Little Girl as Warrior

"Sanctity! It must be won at the point of a sword!" said the little warrior...

November 01, 2012

Monotonous Sinners and Sparkling Saints

C.S. Lewis once observed, ‘How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been:...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

On Morality and Martyrdom

A debate has been cooking amongst various bloggers who are atheists about whether there is...

October 17, 2012

Lions, Little Children and Tiber Swims

Did you know that Ignatius of Antioch was not only appointed to the see of...

October 15, 2012

Teresa of Avila and the Infant of Prague

Did you know that the original Infant of Prague was owned by St Teresa of...

June 2012

June 22, 2012

The Erosion of Freedom

On this feast day of St Thomas More we do well to remember that the...

June 07, 2012

Be Not Afraid

As a Bible Christian I memorized a verse from the New Testament: "God has not...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

For May and Mary

May Magnificat by G.M.Hopkins MAY is Mary’s month, and I Muse at that and wonder...

May 09, 2012

Divine Mercy–Light in the Darkness

Recently I have been increasingly drawn to the Divine Mercy devotion. At the Catholic leadership...

May 08, 2012

Immaculata: from the Head to the Heart

It is often said that the longest journey is from the head to the heart....

May 02, 2012

Beam Down Athanasius

Today we celebrate St Athanasius, and can somebody beam him down? The place is crawling...

May 02, 2012

Do Catholics Pray to Mary?

Do Catholics pray to Mary? It sure looks that way! But there is more to...

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