Monthly Archives: January 2013

This is a reblogged item from Catholic Voices Comment. Thanks to 1CatholicSalmon for the hat tip. [Editor’s note] Shortly before Christmas, in his annual address to the Curia, Pope Benedict XVI cited a paper against gay marriage and same-sex parenting by the Chief Rabbi of … Continue reading →

If you search for the reason why a man loves God, you will find no other reason at all, save that God first loved him. -St. Augustine From Catholic Spiritual Direction By Father John Bartunek Luke 4:22-30: And he won … Continue reading →

(^^^Footage of our Eccles’ antecedents^^^) Without doubt, this post is an unashamed plug for another Catholic blog. Let me tell you all about how it came to be.

This is the address given by Benedict XVI before the midday Angelus on Sunday 27th January 2013 Dear brothers and sisters! Today’s liturgy brings together for us two distinct passages of Luke’s Gospel. The first (1:1-4) is the prologue, addressed … Continue reading →

With less than two and a half weeks to go until Ash Wednesday, here is a suggestion for a spiritual book you can read for Lent: The Gargoyle Code by Fr Dwight Longenecker. It is essentially an updated Catholic reworking … Continue reading →

No matter how big the millstone, it rotates around a single solitary axis, and that axis always points in the same direction. The Church that is Christ, and which feeds the world from its meek grinding, is itself a great … Continue reading →

This is one of Michael Voris’s best (so far):

Our recent article on Fr Martin, which was very popular, aroused the interest of a TV production company who wish to make a documentary about him. They left this message: Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from … Continue reading →

One of my earliest memories is of playing in our little suburban garden on a sunny weekend afternoon with the whole family about me. I was aged four. Mum and Dad were sat on the bench, and I was playing … Continue reading →

“It’s not about architecture. It’s about attitude”, writes Deacon Greg Kandra from “The Deacon’s Bench”. He then gives these reasons for his change of heart: Hey, I’m as surprised as anyone else that I feel this way. Two years ago, I … Continue reading →