Category: The Christian Life

Happy St Philip’s Day, especially to our favorite Oratorians and others who have learned so much from this gentle Saint, including Narwen, Bob of the Republic of Virtue, and my own dear husband.

I am going to reveal to you a secret of sanctity and happiness. If every day during five minutes, you will keep your imagfination quiet, shut your eyes to all the things of sense, and close your ears to all the sounds of the earth, so as to be able to withdraw into the sanctuary… Continue reading The Secret of Sanctity

Tomorrow’s a good day to start one.

James Cardinal Hickey, the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, may be in “his last illness.” More in the comment box at Disputations.

Remember that friendship post from a month or so ago? Father McCloskey is going to have an article on Christian friendship, with a special focus on men’s friendships, in the May issue of Catholic World Report. If you can’t get CWR on the newsstand, the article will probably be online in June. UPDATE: This is… Continue reading Peony the trendsetter

Last night I was nosing around Lincoln’s blog (Lincoln is Dinka‘s husband and Veronika‘s Daddy) and he has a permalink on the side labeled Haunting photographs and commentary of a motorcycle trip through Chernobyl. I decided to check it out. I think without even describing the site, one can say it is scary what happened… Continue reading God Voids

I have blogged before about the almost cultish nature of some of the Catholic families around here. Right now I am so frustrated I can cry. Quite frankly, if a strange man knocked on my door and said “Hey, if you wanna move now, I got a truck ready, but you gotta go now!” I’d… Continue reading This Is Getting Ridiculous