Is there anyone who doubts if the Catholic Church has heroic missionaries? Today is the Memorial of Blessed Damien of Molokai. Tomorrow at our school mass I will tell the students about his life.Lepers Adoring the Hidden Face of ChristIt is a little known fact that Father Damien laboured to established perpetual adoration of the Eucharist among his dear lepers. In this there is something astonishingly beautiful; the sight of lepers adoring day and night the Suffering Servant who, disfigured... Read more

London’s Daily Telegraph reports the idea that Brazilian bishops want Mass to be able to be celebrated online. Can somebody explain what this is all about? Shorely there is shome mishtake? It reminds me of how the TV Evangelist Ernest Angeley used to scream, “Heal! Heal!” at the TV cameras and invite the listeners at home to place their affected body parts near the television screen. One has to curb the imagination here… What is really disturbing about this, is... Read more

Some time ago an acquaintance from my Protestant fundamentalist days was in touch by email. Kevin is now a Baptist pastor working on his PhD. He wished to engage me in conversation to help me see my way out of the murky waters of Catholicism into the pure clear light of his religion. I had not come across any disputant for some time who was really a sola Scriptura person. Most Evangelicals, when pressed, will offer some modified and qualified... Read more

A conversation: Bob: Father, did you wear your black clerical gear to that family wedding on the weekend. Fr. Dwight: No Bob: What! Why not? Fr. Dwight: I didn’t want to scare the horses. Bob: V. funny. Okay, so most of the family are Protestants of various stripes. You were worried about offending them? Fr. Dwight: Sort of. The other thing is that many of the people there were either Baptists or not Christian at all. Here in the South,... Read more

Francis Beckwith’s resignation as a leading Evangelical theologian is chronicled here among other places. The thing that interests me most about this event is that some Evangelical theologians are recognizing that they must discuss ‘the Great Tradition’. If they want to remain Protestants they had better watch their step. What C.S.Lewis said about atheists applies to them. He said, “A young man who wants to be remain an atheist must be very careful about his choice of reading.” He went... Read more

Bare ruined choir of Glastonbury–one of the largest and most ancient monasteries in England. It’s last Abbot, Richard Whiting, defied wicked King Henry and (although he was in his eighties) was taken to the top of Glastonbury Tor and hung, drawn and quartered. Read more about his martyrdom here. Glastonbury was also the home of the most ancient Marian shrine north of the Alps. Our Lady of Glastonbury was honored in an ante-chapel of the great monastery. At the Reformation... Read more

In Australia Peter posts about the foolishness of the feminist theologian’s penchant for the gnostic gospels. They must have trouble with the following snippet from the gnostic Gospel of Thomas 114. Simon Peter says to them: Let Mary depart from among us, for women are not worthy of the life. Yeshua says: Behold, I shall inspire her so that I make her male, in order that she herself shall become a living spirit like you males. For every female who... Read more

Atheists’ Mockery at ABC’s “Face Off” on God’s Existence NEW YORK, May 7, 2007 — A 100-year-old Baptist church in the heart of New York was the venue Saturday for an ABC debate on the existence of God. Actor Kirk Cameron and best-selling author Ray Comfort “faced off” against two atheists from the “Rational Response Squad,” in a debate moderated by ABC Nightline’s Martin Bashir. “We were delighted ABC gave us the opportunity to present our case,” said Comfort, “but... Read more

This link predicts the future of Catholic worship in America. For many years Catholics who have disliked the new liturgy have been pushing for a wider use of the Traditional Latino Mass. Now in New York and in many places the Latino Mass is growing ever popular. Cubans in traditional Latino costumes–the men in tight trousers and the ladies in flouncy skirts–have been flocking to the traditional Latino Mass. With steel bands, bongo drums and ‘charismatic’ music, the Masses are... Read more

Some time ago I posted about the relics of the true cross at the church of Sante Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome. A comment was posted by one of the Cistercians who lives and works there. Brother Marco has a blog and hey, have a look at the rose garden they have in the gardens of Sante Croce! This also connects with a little poem I put up about the rosary garden we discovered in the yard of our new... Read more