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This blog used to be hosted at Patheos, but I created my own site because I wanted to get away from the increased commercialism. I also wanted to return to the more personal and relational style that I first had when blogging. As the readership increased at Patheos we lost the personal contact. I had to close the comments box because there were simply too many comments to moderate and extremists were using my combox as their soapbox.
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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Two French Saints and the Immaculate Conception
I'm finally getting a chance to blog from our parish pilgrimage to France. As usual, we hit the ground running, with a hectic two days in Paris. The first morning we celebrated Mass at
A Sacred Moment at Sacre Cour
It was a joy to visit the Basilica of Sacre Coeur yesterday at the beginning of our pilgrimage to France. It nostalgic for me because it was there that I had my first positive
The Power and Purpose of Pilgrimage
In 2015 my friend Joseph Pearce invited me serve as chaplain to a pilgrimage he was leading to England. We were to explore the lives of English Catholic literary figures and holy martyrs. I
The Radical Rejection of Jesus
I wrote here yesterday about the "elusive solitude of Christ", observing that he was alone in his simplicity and integrity. He was one with God his Father and had no other agenda and no
The Elusive Solitude of Christ
In reading the gospels I am always struck by the elusiveness of Jesus Christ. It is extraordinary how realistic the portrait of Jesus is in the gospels. On the one hand he is incredibly
What I Say to My Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Thank you for taking seriously the ministry of serving the Lord's body and precious blood to the faithful. Your ministry in the liturgy and to the home bound is important to the whole ministry
