Dymphna's Road

The bishop has left Argentina and landed in England. The English press has not been kind but what else would one expect? There is some talk ...

Fr. Gollum reminds me of the pope. There is no physical resemblence but Fr. G. almost visibly shines with goodness. His eyes are the eyes o...

I love Ash Wednesday. It's wonderful after Mass to suddenly realize who's Catholic, especially when it's a person who I never ev...

Please pray for my mother in law. Big Mama is going through a bout of lousy health right now and please prayer for blogger, Carrie Tomko. Sh...

This week Rocky and I went to the DC Theology on Tap night . It was held at James Hoban's Irish restaurant and the speaker was a marrie...

Archbishop Williamson's big mouth has led to Argentina ordering him out of the country. He had a right to say a foolish thing and every...

God bless the lone priest in deepest darkest dreary San Francisco who spoke up about these blasphemous candles.

Last week this time Rod and I were in Williamsburg. We went to St. Bede's for Mass and it's a puzzling place. When we first arrived ...

You've probably read about the Florida so-called " botched" abortion story. An 18 year old went to the abortion abattoir to h...

For my birthday Rocky and I went to Williamsburg. We stayed in a lovely B&B in Charles City, VA. It's called Orange Hill and we like...

Amy Welborn's husband died. They were the parents of two very small boys. Oh man thou knowest not the day, nor the hour..........

Fr. Marciel's sex life. Apparently he liked snails AND oysters. There's a fine line between commenting on news and thoroughly enjoyi...

My family reunion is going to be in July in Charleston this year. My people are a colorful lot. Some are brilliant, some aren't. Some ar...

A number of bloggers are upset because NBC rejected the pro-life Superbowl ad. I'm not. I've seen the ad and I honestly can't sa...

On Dawn Eden's blog there's a discussion about love and marriage. As I read the comments I was inclined to wonder if any of these ea...

The Holy Father has lifted the SSPX excommunications. He's held his hand out in loving compassion. Now the SSPX has to respond. One of t...

Hold your grandmother's bible to your breast Gonna put it to the test You wanted it to be blessed And in your heart You know it to be tr...

When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree, They drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary; They crowned Him ...

The big boys at my firm decided at the last minute to give us all the day off for the ignaugural. Thank God! I was not looking forward to st...

The Vatican has released a report on American seminaries that says they are generally healthy. I would be happy about this if I didn't r...