Kyrie, Eleison!

May 24 After the disappearance a few days ago of the Egypt Air flight, we expected security at the airport to be tighter than usual.  Ins...

Saturday, 30 May, 2015 Supper was all on the stove, in a skillet and two saucepans, when I noticed the burners weren't getting hot.  ...

26-27 May, 2015 England, at last!  It's hard for us to believe, somehow, this time, perhaps because there was no time for anticipat...

Dear Catholics, Often you tell the Orthodox how puzzled you are that we do not seem to have forgiven you for some of the offenses of long ag...

I  remember feeling quite offended, yet not knowing what to say, when someone at my father's funeral (2008) asked how I was, and I sai...

Tuesday, I mean, the day we had booked, months ago, for traveling to England.  Because of Libby's love of Iceland Air, we chose that air...

Grace and Truth That old philosophical puzzle asks:  if a tree falls in the forest when there's no one around to hear it, was ther...

Historical Grievances Yes, there are painful memories of the past, for which we must forgive one another (and ongoing hurts to this day, the...

...wanting changes in Cathoic sexual teaching.   http://ad-orientem.blogspot.com/2014/03/german-catholic-bishop-defies-rome-on.html The head...

By  Daniel Burke , CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor Excerpt from an article from CNN, here.   http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/05/pope-francis...

Yup, I've been hitting the bottle lately, which is another way of saying, my mild interest in glass bottles appears suddenly to have bl...

A must-read!  Read and copy for your friends.  Camille Paglia, in her various writings, challenges everyone , and this has to be a good thin...

That's what I asked myself when I first saw  this video .  It shows the River Jordan reversing the direction of its flow when it is bl...