The Beautiful Gate

  Did you ever wonder at the hypocrisy of politicians who claim to be Catholic and "personally against abortion" but are unwilling...

Franz Verhas: Young Girl Reading There's a beautiful passage in Fr. Jacques Philippe's book, In the School of the Holy Spir...

Constant Mayer: Recognition: North and South All wars begin with words. You want to destroy a society? Attack the meaning of their ...

 Alone and not a drop to drink. The dry, barren desert road of self-love. (You're kidding, right? RIGHT? This is the CURE?!) ...

Hmmm...maybe I should make this Novena perpetual?   When I first returned to the Lord years ago I made sure I did everything right. ...

Nothing like being caught between a rock and a hard place...of self. From my archives: Rumor has it that a newspaper once sent ou...

"A bit of cake with that sprouted grain bread, my lovely?" Did you ever see a lassie, Go this way and that way, Go thi...

William Holbrook Beard : For What was I Created? For after the four books which have been composed on the customs of the monaste...

John Singer Sargent : Marionettes All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players                            ...

 A post from my archives. Enjoy! Do I HAVE to take a bath?! Do I really trust God?  Do I have total faith in Him and in his love for ...

Johann Heinrich Fussli: attribution The undisputed queen of The Seven Deadly Sins is pride. We often see the words pride and vainglo...

An Allegory of Man  From my archives: What is the cure for the soul that is weary? What is the antidote to a world stricken with vice...

Johan Tobias Sergel: Plunging into Despair  Sloth, often considered one of the lesser deadly sins in our day, needs to be unmasked s...

Jean-Baptiste Oudry : The Wolf and the Lamb Here's a theory I'd like to put forth: What if the reason so few people atten...

Hope in a Prison of Despair I have 2 posts that I am publishing within the next few days on the deadly sin of sloth and how sloth is ...