2024 Retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey
This was wedged between a flurry of year-end travel (work and personal). My random retreat house library selections seemed to complement the theme / conference of the weekend. I type Continue Reading →
This was wedged between a flurry of year-end travel (work and personal). My random retreat house library selections seemed to complement the theme / conference of the weekend. I type Continue Reading →
(1) Some Reflections for Religious Freedom Week (The Catholic Thing) (2) The English Way (The Imaginative Conservative) “Some [books] do well, some do ill, and many—simply through the beauty of Continue Reading →
“…although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory Continue Reading →
(1) The Eclipse and the Annunciation (The Catholic Thing) The moon is an apt Christian symbol for the Blessed Mother, as the moon has no light of its own, but Continue Reading →
(1) The Mystery of Walsingham – Our Lady’s Holy House Foundation (EWTN) (2) 2024 Lenten Meditations (Third Sunday of Lent) When the Child Jesus with the voice of a young Continue Reading →
(1) A quote from Steeple Chasing: Around Britian by Church by Peter Ross: “Pluscarden Abbey was founded in 1230 by King Alexander II for monks of the Valliscaulian order. Between Continue Reading →
(1) England’s Nazareth: Walsingham (The Imaginative Conservative) (1a) St. Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Imaginative Conservative) “To Newman, nineteenth-century liberalism and philosophic utilitarianism were the harbingers of a secular, modern Continue Reading →
It was predominately a trip for FOOTBALL. I saw the Saints play two at home in Southampton and one on the road in Norwich. They won their home matches against Continue Reading →
“I am like a portable sanctuary filled with the real presence of God. Being a temple of God, how can I but see God everywhere I look? Within your temple, Continue Reading →
(1) The Pilgrimage of Grace (Historic UK) “The policies of Henry VIII did much to change the country and shape its future; those who resisted with the Pilgrimage of Grace Continue Reading →