Dymphna's Road

 Please pray for Frank Walker, of Canon 212 and The Stumbling Block.   He has had a stroke.   He's a fine man and has always been very ...

 I went for my annual physical and the results weren't all sunshine and giggles. I've been anemic all my life but apparently this ti...

 In your charity could you please pray for my oldest male cousin? He had an aneurysm yesterday and was taken off the ventilator today. He wa...

 I've never heard Dr. Smith speak before. She's sharp as a tack. I think she's a bit too soft of JPII but for anyone who still i...

 When Fr. James Jackson was arrested for viewing gigantic amounts of child and infant pornography it set off a bizarre chain reaction throug...

 Father James Jackson plead guilty, The reaction has been quite muted in Catholic circles. I think everyone with any shred of sense knew aft...

I like Fr. Nix. He's a loyal friend to Taylor Marshall so although I think he's making a mistake, I get why he's defending Mars...

 I don't care for Taylor Marshall but I have to give him and Jesse Romero their due. They are, to my knowledge the only people who addre...

 Something was off about Palm Sunday Mass this year. There was no procession and  Father must blessed the palms  without his mic on or befor...

 Rules for Catholic Twitter Do not go on any form of social media if you are easily hurt by other people's opinions.  Do not ask for adv...

In his homily our parochial vicar criticized the people who haven't come back to Mass after the shut downs.  He implied that they were l...

 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...