Etheldredasplace

Cynicism, as I have noted on this blog many times, is a sin. There are some young Millennials who do not believe cynicism is a sin.  There a...

so excuse typos and other errors. God is good and giving me lots of time to pray for E, E, J's uncle, and many others.  May Christ hea...

I think of poor Christopher Hitchens, who died a confirmed atheist at the age of 62. His suffering could have been redemptive, as all our...

I am surrounded by agnostics. Most are practicing aetheists, a subject I have covered in this blog many times. This past weekend, (desp...

How did Americans become so insular? The number of people with whom I have spoken, who have no idea of world events, history, politics, geo...

For all my friends in Ireland...happy feast of St. Tassach St. Tassach Irish   saint , born in the first decade of the fifth century...

When I get over this virus....sorry, Dear Readers.

I cannot access my old email account. I shall have to get some help. Please pray about this. Thanks and will try and get some posts up. Am...

My password has been messed with and I cannot access my account after I close my computer. Please pray I can get this sorted out somehow. ...

What happened to our independent State Militias? These no longer exist, except maybe in one or two states.

Pueri Hebraeorum - Tomás Luis de Victoria

Here is a litany for private use: Litany of St. Bernard Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ...

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Three charities in this parish have asked for money for Holy Week. All three tend to the homeless in the area where I am staying. These t...

O Sacred Heart now wounded... 1.            O sacred Head, now wounded,                 with grief and shame weighed down,   ...

I have just come back from an NO Mass for Palm Sunday. The liturgical music was fine, including Latin singing of the Sanctus and Agnus De...

This is a list of things people do wrong when faced with suffering. The second list is what they can do with suffering with is valuable. ...

I am not a traveler by nature. There are, to my knowledge, no gypsies in my past, although I do have good friends who know they have gyps...

The ignoring of the old is getting to me. Priests are not reaching out to the elderly in their parishes in many places, and old people ar...

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