Etheldredasplace

Starting tomorrow in earnest, I shall unpack the great encyclical on the Mystical Body of Christ by Pope Pius XII. I believe he is speaking ...

Time to discuss the Mystical Body of Christ....starting later. From the text: 3. From the outset it should be noted that the society estab...

What I call community is not the same as what is known in America as parish life. It seems that the word "community" is misused co...

I have never been to a baby shower. I only went to wedding showers when I was in the wedding as a bridesmaid. I had presents sent to the h...

One of my favourite theologians to read is Suarez. His points on the sin of presumption may be seen in the Catholic Encyclopedia article of ...

Recently, a certain seminarian shared with me his stand at the wicket, creating a needed draw for his team. To protect the wicket for thi...

One of my military friends told me today that sometimes one soldier has to pull another one out of the line of fire. "Get down, you.......

Out of all the things which have been discussed abut the Synod, one issue which seems to be ignored is the fact that there has been for ce...

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/05/22/superior-of-mar-elian-monastery-in-syria-kidnapped-by-isis/

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ireland-becomes-first-country-to-approve-same-sex-marriage-by-popular-vote-1.2223646 I. MERCY...

Some people are asking today why there are people who seem to know the Truth and follow Christ, and why there are some who do not know th...

This vote in Ireland is not about equality, but about the acceptance of sin. It is not a referendum about freedom, but about destroying Cath...

http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2015/01/on-demon-of-false-seer.html

In this post, I want to reveal some of the lessons I have more than learned in two weeks of daily intense suffering and abandonment by some...

Nothing positive and good can exist outside God without causal dependence on God. If this be denied, all proofs for the existence of God are...

St. Rita is not only the saint of the impossible , but she is the patron of those who have experienced domestic abuse . I find more and ...

I am temporarily in a place with private wifi--Woo-Hoo! I intend to blog a bit, but I am looking for permanent housing. Why I am where I...

This blog is being suspended indefinitely owing to my St. Benedict Labre lifestyle. Sadly, no one has wanted to open a door to me in the are...

The above quotation is from Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity. A reader sent me the autobiography of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity last ...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32679290