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Someone on Fr. Z. brought up this beautiful cathedral in Cobh (Cove), and someone answered.   Why did I not think of sharing this ge...

Attention getting dogs today..... There may be one or two weeks in mid-December when I shall be in places where there is no Internet ...

Margaret Thatchers:  " Socialism is fine until you run out of other peoples' money."

The series on perfection will continue, but I am taking a break from this theme for a day, and am encouraging all to go back and read wha...

One of my readers, who is a catechist, asked if I would list some of the doctrinal errors found among Traditional Catholics, which I have...

http://www.persecution.org/ Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in these places. Pray for the media of all Western countrie...

Laity, you must change. This is the age of the laity as the priest shortage becomes more and more acute. Even though vocations are up, th...

Gender neutral advertising is the name of the game in this toy shop. Boycott and write to the company. This is ridiculous. To be hon...

The feast day in the EF of St. John of the Cross is November 24th. The Low Mass I attended was attended by about 30 people, the regulars,...

If you are in a parish where the priest still is not using the new translation of the NO, leave that parish. If you are in a parish wher...

This is a hard saying, but I have been thinking for over a year about the necessity of being a Catholic in order to experience the real l...

The first level of contemplation is listening to the Word of God, as we do in Mass, according to St. Augustine of Hippo. Therefore, the l...

  Now that I have your attention.... Do not miss these posts, as some are part of the series on perfection. Scroll down at y...

Today, I met several members of the Dublin Choral Foundation-the Lassus Scholars- at breakfast. This very talented group of singers have ...

For the sake of the laity trying to understand the stages of perfection, may I point out that today in the TLM, the reading from Colossia...

There is a saying which goes something like this: "The more insignificant one is, the more easily it is to find a place." This use...

Matthew 5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' 5:44 But I say to you, L...

Here is a great quotation from St. Gregory, which is in my heart, "No sacrifice is more acceptable to God than is zeal for souls."...

St. Bernard stated that the third step towards contemplation is prayer. At this point, the person should really beg God for the graces, all...