Dymphna's Road

So far, Rocky and I have now visited 25 churches in our diocese. We went to Our Lady of Good Counsel on Sunday and it was hideous. The whole...

It's Show Us Your Veil Week (HT A Thorn in the Pew and The Walled Garden ) and here's a pic of my favorite one. It's Spanish an...

I was at the hair salon yesterday and someone turned the TV on. The show playing was The Girls Next Door, at reality show about the three Pl...

The peppery Hilary of The Devout Life blog has apparently decided to hang it up. It was a fascinating blog written by one of the toughest w...

On Monday Rocky and I went to Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria for Mass and to hear Fr. Benedict Groeschel. Blessed Sacrament is one of the ...

I was in a large and very conservative Catholic bookstore and was appalled to see that it had more Medjugorje books than books on Lourdes, ...

In the wake of the whole Don Imus thing many people argued in this defense that he didn't say anything that isn't said repeatedly in...

33 dead at Virginia Tech. College life being what it is; how many of them were prepared to enter Eternity? May God have mercy on their souls...

One of Rocky and my hobbies to try to visit every single church in our diocese. Yesterday we made a holy hour at St. Philips in Falls Churc...

I like to keep a small notebook in my purse for grocery lists, sins to confess, phone numbers, project plans, ect. I just bought this one an...

I'm so proud. My blog site is blocked in China! I saw this on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen. If Italian Catholics are so ignorant...

My mother is a Baptist. She thinks it's great that Rocky and I are Catholic, she's always happy to go to Mass with us, she's bee...

Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God's throne! Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sound the t...

We went to Holy Thursday Mass last night and it was beautiful. Fr. Théoden gave a long and soul stirring homily. He is a very kind and saint...

Chrism Mass Rocky and I went to the Chrism Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral in DC. It was glorious. Archbishop Wuerl was there and I was ...

I was exhausted this Palm Sunday but it was a beautiful Mass. Fr. Aragon was the celebrant and his homily was so amazing that I really wish ...

This morning I went to church and joined the Altar Society in cleaning the candle holders, polishing brass and arranging the altar floral di...

Today Rocky and I went to the Ukranian Holy Family Shrine in DC for Mass with his bible study group from church. They are Catholic but use t...

This phrase has irritated me for years. When a woman refers to a priest that way she's saying that the only men who should serve God ar...

I have a question. Last week I was asked to fill the Holy Water font at church. I was directed to get the water from the sacristy sink that ...