About Fr. Dwight Longenecker

It’s been out for a couple of years now, but if you haven’t read Gargoyle Code, then you really should. It is my  book for Lent. It follows the style of C.S.Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, but it is updated, written for Catholics and has one letter per day all through Lent–beginning with Shrove Tuesday and ending [...]

It’s been a hectic week guest blogging for the Anchoress. She was going to retire to her anchorage and not blog, but she couldn’t resist. There was too much going on, but it was nice for her to come back here and pay us a visit while we were holding the fort. Why the sexy [...]

Conversion of Life is the wild-eyed and grace filled, unpredictable part of the spiritual way. Conversion of life means ‘change of life’ and real change entails risk, uncertainty and the adv enture of going into the unknown. In the spiritual life it means accepting the work of the Holy Spirit–who may be doing things his [...]

What do St Benedict and St Therese have to do with one another? The link was keyed when I was reading the last chapter of the Rule of St Benedict where he says, “I have written a little rule for beginners” Ah! the light bulb lit up! The Little Rule and the Little Way. So [...]

After the vows of stability and obedience is the third vow of Conversion of Life. This is the part where the spiritual life gets some kick and zing. Obedience and stability seem dull and pedestrian, but conversion of life is what it is all about. Conversion of life is not just that a person seeks [...]

Mrs Brady is a sweet old thing. She qualifies as ‘steel magnolia’. Firm in her Catholic faith, she doesn’t tolerate fools, but she remains kind to all. Go here to meet her as she gives advice to one of her many visitors.

Earlier in the week Kathy Schiffer mentioned the old woman who swallowed a fly… and tomorrow is St Blaise day with the blessing of throats–which you would need if you swallowed a fly or a bee, and now Fr. Z posts here on what a priest is supposed to do if a creepy crawly of [...]