Father Benedict Groeshel knew St Teresa quite well as I worked with her when she was in New York. She went through the most terrible , terrible...
A lot of things concerning modest dress requires common sense. But there is nothing so uncommon than common sense.
It is an interesting discussion and one I have often thought about. I think it is true that, 'What matters is the context, the intention, and...
So many hidden saints. How lovely to go back in a time machine and meet some.:)
The Sistine Chapel. No clothes on. The place were they elect Popes. [IMG]
Well I looked boxing up and it seems like Catholic Moral Theologians are divided about it. Some think its bad, some think its good. Some think...
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I don't suppose there is any harm in boxing. I used to do ju jitsu myself, it was fun. My Spiritual Director used to be Chaplain to a boxing club...
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I sometimes wonder about these hermits who wandered into some wild place in the middle of nowhere. How on Earth did they manage? Especially in the...
It is amazing that time after time authentic apparitions are met with extreme hostility from many clergy, including senior clergy and even the...
Prayers for all today. I always remember all on the forum on my rosary. A day without the Cross is a day without purpose. It is true the...
When he was a young man Miguel Cervantes (the author of Don Quixote) abandoned his studies to fight against Islam in the Battle of Lepanto....
Prayers again today for Ciaran. I was praying for someone , a relative yesterday and telling them how much I missed them. But it came to me that...
I remember the Little Sisters of the Poor used to call at our door when I was a child. My mother used to always hustle to gift them something and...
I am always surprised and delighted to find a good Devout Catholic in these dark days. Especially a boxer which is even more unexpected. In the...
If often puzzles me how people can muddle through life without God and still stay on an even keel..
I think hatred is like battery acid that you take in your hands to throw in someone else face. Eventually the acid of hate burns you to the bone....
Although we have this: Matthew 5:15 Salt and Light …14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people...
All these wonderful Carmelite saints¬ !! These saintly nuns. There appears to be hundreds and hundreds of them. From time to time I watch videos...
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Praying the rosary now. I am a little disappointed, do you not feel any better being in that wonderful place?
An amazing dream, offering up prayers and mass tomorrow:) It would be wonderful to be a priest and be able to say a Mass for someone if you had a...
My favourite story from St Augustine is that when he was a child he and his friends robbed an apple orchard. What saddened him was that he did...
I think of our life's journey as being a bit like driving a car, we choose to drive through life in one of two directions, either towards heaven...
Thanks for reminding me about the Apostolic Pardon. I had half forgotten about it. There are so many treasures of our Faith that we have half...
What the Jews are doing in Israel is pure evil. Make no mistake about it it is purest evil. The overwhelming majority of them support the great...
