Dymphna's Road

The Ascension Chapel at Our Lady of Walsingham. My all tme favorie Ascension imge. Mass was beautiful. The feast of St. Rita was earlier th...

Woe, to me if I should prove to be a half hearted soldier in the service of my thorn crowned captain. ----St Fidelis.

Tony, (that's not his name) is 17. He was born out of wedlock. Instead of putting him up for adoption his mother decided to keep him and...

Before anyone gets mad let me tell a little story. Once upon a time when America was a very different place a black girl got tired of having...

My shoulders ache beneath my pack (Lie easier, Cross, upon His back). I march with feet that burn and smart (Tread, Holy Feet, upon my he...

HT to Curt Jester Pray for us, Oh Sorrowful Mother .

Go. See. It. My only quibble was that the girl who played Uhura was not up to the job. Oh and whatever you do, don't make the Vulcan mad...

The Pope is back from his trip to the Holy Land. It was a grueling schedule for an 82 year man. I found it very distasteful how everyone see...

Christopher West reminds me of Brother Ray, an old teacher of mine from high school. Brother Ray meant well. He was earnest, he tried to rel...

You must never forget that priests are, and that they remain, men. God does not perform a miracle to wrest them from the human state. The pr...

At first glance the whole subject seems too ridiculous to entertain. I don't think any of the gay men I know real...

Don't fear the piggy wiggy. On a more serious note, thousands of Americans die of the regular, non hyped flu every year. That's why...

A Catholic woman at work was mocking women who wear veils at Mass. I just changed the subject. Bless her heart, if she ever runs into me at...

Although I liked Fr. Neuhaus, First Things bored me and still does. I feel like I ought to like the What's Wrong With the World blog but...

Today we visited St. Ignatius in Chapel Point Maryland . It is the oldest continously Jesuit run parish in the United States. We prayed in t...

Whenever someone says to me,"You're so lucky you dont'/can't have children.They are so expensive/tiring/demanding....etc,...

I've been nominated for Best Batshit Crazy Catholic blog. Check out the story on the fabulous Crescant blog. Wheeeee!

I read a news story about the footprints left in floor a wooden floor by a Buddhist monk. He's been praying in that same spot for dec...

That was my reaction after reading this post on the truly awesome Lair of the Catholic Cavemen blog. I was born after Vatican II so I'm...