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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Dealing with Guilt and Shame
In the confessional every priest deals with folks who are struggling with guilt and shame, and it has seemed to me for some time that most folks do not have the tools to deal [...]
The Coming Fiducia Fallout
The recent document Fiducia Supplicans signed off by Pope Francis is probably the most disastrous piece of work in what will be seen as the worst papacy in the 20th-21st centuries. My comments here have [...]
A Parish Priest on Fiducia Supplicans
Now having had a chance to read Fiducia Supplicans-- the new document from the Vatican on blessings, I have a few thoughts from the point of view of a parish priest. As usual, I [...]
Christmas, Pagan Romans and Frodo Baggins
Will the atheist cynics and Protestant scoffers never cease with the old canard that Catholicism is simply old paganism in a new dress? These critics notice similarities between certain Roman Catholic customs and the [...]
Who Built the Beautiful Churches?
There has been a discussion on social media about beautiful Catholic Churches. The usual ignorant comments were spouted..you know the old grumble: "Look at that huge expensive church! They should have given the money [...]
C.S.Lewis R.I.P.
On this day sixty years ago John F Kennedy was assassinated and in Oxford, England C.S.Lewis died. Lewis had a great impact on my life--in many ways saving my Christian faith. I had been [...]
