Dymphna's Road

I've been at the American Library Association convention all weekend. It's always a blast being around other librarians. I noticed t...

Look at the priest in this painting. See how he's embracing, comforting and perhaps even begging the criminal to repent and then have no...

The Muslim population in Northern Virginia is enjoying explosive growth, (no pun intended). Rocky and I went for a drive on Sunday and saw t...

I was reading a blog by a man who grumbled about a tacky wedding, full of uncultured, dullard guests that he officiated. He really doesn...

Whenever I think of Father's Day I can't help but remember the day back in 1982, when I walked into a Hallmark to buy my dad a Fathe...

I saw this photo on the fabulous Crescat blog and went looking for more images like it. I hit the jackpot with the Catholic Home and Garden...

I don't think of myself as much of a Franciscan. I've never been inclined to join the Third Secular Order but Rocky and I have ofte...

A few days ago when Rocky and I saw a young girl wearing a dress that appeared to be a one piece swimsuit. She was strutting along with a sm...

The above image of Our Lord was done in 1896 by Jose Maria Ibarran y Ponce. I like it. On the other hand, I really, really hate this particu...

When I first saw a picture of Lady Gaga I assumed that I was seeing a photograph of a female impersonator, but no, this creature is female. ...

Rocky went to visit a relative a while back and found that the afternoon was a lot like walking into a warzone. The relative is unhappily ma...

This guy asks the question. Dear Lord, I hope not. The mannish, pant suit nuns have done a whole lot of damage.

This is the Sacred Heart image in my bedroom.

Listening to the sparrows sing in the mornings. Seeing the goose couple that lives near the swimming pool with their six goslings. The smell...

Memorial Day is not about going to the beach, getting 49% off your towels, or free shipping on your catalog order. It's about honoring t...

HT to Cleansing Fire.

about American Catholics? I got the impression from this interview that the only thing we are good for is to aid and comfort illegal aliens...

I don't trust Jesuits anymore. I don't think St. Ignatius would be happy with a spiritual son who denies transubstantiation.