Dymphna's Road

In these disturbing times  look to Mary's heart for comfort. 

Oh for a latter day St. Ambrose. Our modern bishops can't even muster up a mild rebuke of public heretics.

Get in the boat, stay in the boat.  

Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they...

A really, really annoying whine that I've been reading all year is that politics has somehow descended into  a vulgar state never seen b...

This charming painting shows a visiting Franciscan chatting with his Dominican hosts. Can you imagine an artist creating this today?

In this incredibly moving painting Our Lord has just descended into Hell and speaks to His creatures and parents, Adam and Eve and tells t...

Our Lady of Good Help Some people say--- well a lot of people are saying it but only a few dare publish it--- that we should calm d...

After Mass a person approached our pastor and complained about the noisy kids and babies. I wanted to ask "What do you want Fr. to do? ...

“The worst kind of heretic is the one, while teaching mostly true Catholic doctrine, adds a word of heresy, like a drop of poison in a cup o...

I recently read  The Book of Feasts and Seasons and I hated it. I wanted to like it because the author, John C. Wrigh t is Catholic, a ver...

Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky celebrated Mass in a barn near the stall of the famous racing horse, American Pharaoh . Ostensibly ...

"Further, whilst Jesus was kind to sinners and to those who went astray, He did not respect their false ideas, however sincere...

Mary, the Divine Shepherdess I was reading a Catholic site and came across a man's comment that he checks his son's tablet a...

 Most people's experiences with sheep is meeting a groomed pet at someone's hobby farm or seeing them at the fair. Sheep that ar...

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Shrine, Philadelphia Rocky and I went on vacation in Pennsylvania last week and took my mother with u...

When I was a child someone told me that a messy desk is sign of a disorganized person.  I cant' tell you how delighted I was to find t...