Dymphna's Road

Bishop Wenski says that if you care about our borders being enforced you are another Inspector Javert of Les Miserables fame. Mary Ann of th...

In this painting St. Jerome, patron saint of librarians looks like he's seen the angel before and was expecting company and instructio...

This painting makes me smile. The angel has clearly startled poor Jerome by blasting him in the ear. Is the angel telling him to get back ...

Last Sunday Rocky had to work so we went to a different parish for Mass. The church musician played this as the pre Mass music. I looked a...

You must not shirk your duty. This war is unavoidable and you must either fight or die.  from The Spiritual Combat by Fr. Lorenzo Scupol...

Eternal rest grant unto Fr. Walker, just 28 years old at the time of his murder. The killer has been caught. Speaking of crime, there...

My great grandmother had 8 children. You know how many lived to adulthood? Four. My great grandmother was a devoted mother but she could not...

*The right judgement call can save you a lot of pain and suffering. Last week as I set out to go to work I walked along a path that goes f...

For as long as I can remember all the low Tridentine masses I've been to were dialogue. A few months ago a priest told us during his hom...

There was a rather rough dust up in Catholic blog land last week. Carol at Tenth Crusade and Steve Skojec   both cover all the particulars....

Sr. St. Alphonse