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Photos from the Isle of Wight

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The Fellowship of the Ring…

…on their day off.

Contemporary Contemplative Mass

We’re trying something new and different at Our Lady of the Rosary. I’m rather tired of the “Formal-Informal” divide in liturgical circles. It seems there are two styles–Happy Clappy Campfire Liturgy or Strict and Formal Solemn High Maahhss”. While I’m temperamentally biased toward the second I can see that there are lots of Catholics who [...]

Trust and Obey

When I was a child I was taught the Sunday School song, “Trust and Obey for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus but to Trust and Obey.” So this morning at Mass this song comes back to me in the reading of the gospel. It is the story of the healing of [...]

Best of British Beards

Go here for a gallery from the great British Beard and Moustache competition.

Mary Mother of Sorrows

Earlier this year I wrote an extensive post on the relationship between Mother of Sorrows and Mary-Co-Redeemer. On this feast of Mary  Mother of Sorrows, go here for an explanation of this devotion and it’s relationship to the work of our Redeemer.

Why Are the Muslims so Angry?

Why are the Muslims so angry about the United States? Ask them. The Muslim Brotherhoodhave been in existence since 1928. The aims of the Muslim Brotherhood are: firstly the introduction of the Islamic Shariah law as “the basis for controlling the affairs of state and society;” and secondly work to unify “Islamic countries and states, mainly [...]

Shackled to Fertility?

One of the good things about having the odd troll turn up in the combox is that they give me ideas to blog about. Here’s one: “The Catholic Church’s teachings on sex shackle women to their fertility.” This is one confused person. He doesn’t seem to understand that sexuality itself is shackled to fertility. That’s [...]

My Peace I Give You

The wound at the foundation of all our other wounds is the deep wound at the heart of love. Put simply, we all long for total, overwhelming, unconditional love. It is as if the whole human race is starving and in our starved and desperate state our appetites will turn to most anything to fill [...]

Hollywood Director Favors Man-Goat Love

Famed Hollywood Director Nick Satyr (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Goats* –*but were afraid to ask, and Billy the Kid) came out yesterday in favor of Man-Goat love. “I mean, who really cares?” Satyr said. “As long as you’re not having kids what does it matter?” Promoting his new film Satyricon the director said [...]