Dymphna's Road

 This week I read a Tweet by a nice woman saying that the TLM will be cancelled in her parish. People rushed to accuse her of lying. People ...

St. Peter, pray for us  Shortsighted people dismiss the importance of the Chinese balloon because China and most of our "allies" a...

 When I first read that George Neumayr was dead I thought it was a stupid joke but then messages from various sources confirmed the news. It...

 A Medieval  hymn for Candlemass The queen of bliss and of beauty. Behold what life that we run in, Frail to fall and ever like to sin Throu...

 My Uncle Sonny Boy, died in 2015. Today would have been his birthday.   I loved him very much. 

Petulant, nasty, vicious beyond the pale and just plain tacky.   Cardinal Gambetti may have pleased his master on earth but he'll  have ...

Rocky and I made a short visit on Epiphany Eve to a local parish.  I was startled to see Fr. Rupnik's art on the catechetical material i...

The Te Deum You are God: we praise you; You are God: we acclaim you; You are the eternal Father: All creation worships you. To you all angel...

 Pope Benedict is dead.  For his sake I wish that he'd refused the papacy to begin with. Was he a good pope? No, he fled from the wolves...

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  CHRISTMAS EVE THOUGHTS In the drab Nativity movie Mary is presented as a sullen teen who complains about being betrothed to man she doesn...

I really like this group.   My Monday fight song,...

 I'm a law librarian. One of my patrons is working on a case that involves young victims. My research required me to read some court doc...

I can't say that I'm surprised by this. Joseph Sciambra came on to the scene like a meteor. He was treated like a celebrity and his ...

 For years I've felt that the TLMs in my diocese probably wouldn't survive after Pope Benedict's death. After his abdication and...

  Last night Rocky and I drove to a parish in the DC diocese for Adoration. We used to go for Adoration, Confession and the traditional Mass...

Being a politician's husband is not easy or normal. Even if he's a successful, mature man it's faintly emasculating. Sometimes t...

I just listened to Ann Barnhardt discussing Fr. James Jackson on her podcast .  It's disturbing and I think at a few points she said thi...

 I did not know this  but I was aware that with the exception of the SSPX most of Catholicism's bishops failed during the Great Sick aka...

Mass at the Arlington Cathedral was ....not great this week. Rocky and I knew something was up as soon as we hit the door. Most of the regul...