Etheldredasplace

There will be no interruptions in the postings over the next full week. So keep reading. I am thinking happy thoughts. And this is on t...

St. John reminds us that we are not guaranteed the feeling or certainty of the Presence of the Bridegroom in our lives, but that does no...

Christ being born in a stable under a baldacchino http://opusanglicanum.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/reykjahlid-antependium-update/ ...

I have noticed, as a person getting older, that as the outer woman ages and decays, literally, the inner person grows stronger day by day....

My mother had the manger out in Advent. If we did a good deed for one of the siblings, or obeyed here quickly, or did a chore without he...

There are many American cemeteries in France. Thousands of the greatest generation died for freedom-democratic freedom. That freedom is...

“Where have You hidden Yourself?”   “Show me where You feed, where You lie in the midday.”    The Perfection Series on my blog owes...

David Cameron's faith and communities minister, Baroness Warsi, has expressed concern at the Coalition's proposed gay marriage leg...

In the past few weeks, I have been taking advantage of the fact that I am in an Internet zone and not a dead zone.  Please take time to read...

Last year, a baby Jesus was vandalized in Pennsylvania. The statue was made to look like Satan and had satanic symbols on the back of it...

Today's Gospel in the NO is from Matthew 11:11-15. 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater tha...

From the earliest times in Catholicism, we have had artists and poets link the Crib to the Cross. The entire reason for the Incarnati...

One of the greatest problems in evangelising is knowing when to stop the metaphysical and epistemological arguments and go for the jugular. ...

On Father Z's blog, there is a poll on whether the Pope should tweet or not. I voted in the minority who said yes with zeal. Americ...

My ancestry on one side of the family is Moravian and Bohemian Catholic, in the Latin Rite, and I must share a story which my grandmother ...

Today, again, in a discussion with an excellent trad young man who is a med student, I asked why youth his age did not use the Internet...

Statement on the government response to the same sex marriage consultation Bishops Conference of England and Wales  'The meaning...

My generation was raised with more manners than the present youth. We knew how to act in various social settings. We were kind and consid...

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth,...