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A quick posting... While most Catholics simply do not believe in Purgatory, it seems that there are some who simply do not understand t...

One of the psalms tells us all how to avoid cynicism and repent of it.  The keys to breaking a habit of cynicism are humility and gratitu...

By the middle of the 9th century, the relics of St. James made their way to Spain, brought by the Catholics who were already in Spain, but...

...that some priests will be in prison by the end of the years....and now, this is the first step below. The state of Kentucky has begun ...

Meaning  no   federal loans, work-study money, or grants will be applied to students’ tuition costs: Thomas Aquinas--Catholic, classical ...

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I found out today from one of my friends of psychology generation that she had a school psychologist in the 1960s. WOW! Needless to say, C...

Continuing with thoughts this morning's thoughts and observations, which are not new, I have seen the denial of sins, both venial and mo...

There is a certain group of people, mainly under the age of sixty, who I call the "generation of psychology". With some of the peo...

Raise your children to become saints... St John Boste (c.1544-1594) John Boste was born in Westmorland around 1544. He studied at Qu...

Silent Prayer: "...not meditation in which the soul is occupied in considering ideas, concepts and images, but a wordless, intuitive...

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/mexicos-cardinal-sandoval-is-right-the-new-world-order-is-a-call-to-destroy https://www.lifesitenews....

Deceit at every level of society seems to be stalking the land, like a giant with big boots. More and more, I am meeting people who have cho...

http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/major-u-s-city-poised-to-implement-islamic-law/ and this is beyond words... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/w...

I did not know Father Peter Dally.  I do not know his wife, Mary, but I have his wife's book, signed by her, and a paper cutting from hi...

If not, why not? http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/45590/isis-video-child-beheader-sends-shockwaves-across-world-terror-watch/#XpAFyEHpi0W...

Not bumping into the two women I need for a Pious Lay Association of the Faithful, I decided to reflect on the lone wolf saints, who did ...

Saint Anthony the Hermit "There is no perfect prayer if the religious perceives that he is praying?" How do we lose ourselves in...

Philip Evans was born in Monmouth, 1645, and was educated at St Omer where he joined the Society of Jesus. After ordination he was sent...

Well, my tech adviser, STS, has decided that my readers will be able, being so trained in arcane words, to follow a new blog called  Recu...