Etheldredasplace

Christ calls many people to Himself, but few listen. We are entering the era of the dearth of sacraments in areas of the West. Not since mis...

There are two thoughts concerning imperfections and sin in a good Catholic. The prevailing idea of Garrigou-Lagrange and some of the saints,...

For decades, from 1979 to be exact, I knew and loved the great icon of the Face Painted without Hands , the  Acheiropoieta,  in the Easte...

When we think of the prayer of Carmel, we think of the great Carmelite saints, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, whose birthday in 1515 ...

 Is it proper in our own age to preach on hell? We answer thus: first, it is certainly better to go to God by the way of love than that...

Statue of St. Thérèse at the  Most Holy Trinity Church, Fulnek ,  Czech Republic  Radim SCHOLASTER   wiki  Pope John Paul I said this o...

A highly spiritual and intelligent reader asked me some questions on the Dark Night and I shall attempt to answer these in bullet point form...

A sweet reader of another blog on another blog said that Etheldredasplace was the "Garrigou". Out of about 8950 posts, at leas...

The need for contemplation becomes obvious in trials. Raissa's experience of living through two world wars and frequently being separate...

Young people choose good or bad friends. These influences may lead a person to heaven or to hell. Speaking with a friend of mine here in M...

I want to end this section on the Unitive State by referring to a chapter, (41) from Garrigou-Lagrange. As usual, the priest's insigh...