Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

Monday, June 29, 2015

The thorny issue of Same Sex Marriage

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I usually try to stay clear of this topic, but since America has made it legal in all 50 States it has become a major topic on Facebook and ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Learning to Fall in love with God again

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One of the hardest things to do after stopping practicing the faith for many years, is learning to fall in love with God again. I have alw...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Laudato si - New Encyclical on creation and ecology

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I have only had a chance to skim over the new Encyclical. A lot of it just seems to be babble about needing to respect Earth as a gift from ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

St John of Avila - Doctor of the Church

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While away on my retreat recently, I decided to start reading the letters of St John of Avila for my spiritual reading. Let's just say I...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Being gay and Catholic

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I was talking to a friend on facebook today who is gay and identifies as catholic. We were discussing how it is hard to keep faith while not...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Cor Jesu, amore vulneratum, consolator afflictorum et raptor cordium - miserere nobis

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The title is taken from 3 of the petitions from St John Eudes Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Heart of Jesus, wounded with love Heart...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Superficial Preaching - Priests need to preach the Gospel and not themselves!

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Here is a video that explains how I feel most of the time. As a convert to the faith and someone who struggles a lot with lust and acedia...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Misericordiae Vultus

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Here is an excerpt from the Bull of Indiction for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy by our Holy Father in the Faith, Pope Francis. As someo...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Co-Redemptive Anxiety

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As someone who struggles a lot with over thinking, and anxiety that can cause attacks. Here is a useful thought I found while sifting throug...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Pope Francis the Frigid

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Here is a quote from a blog post by Fr Ray Blake that I recently read and it perfect summs up some of my concerns/feelings to do with our cu...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The original Irascible Hermit

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Here is a lovely link regarding St Jerome, who is my inspiration for this blog. Too often the saints are presented to us as saccharine, a...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Sinner and Theologian

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Currently I am reading Christ and Spirituality in St Thomas Aquinas by Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP. In it I found a very though provoking quote ...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Why I am still Catholic

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Recently I have had some heated discussions with Catholic friends who are rather disappointed in me. As I now live a gay lifestyle, am in a ...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Christ the Builder of Eternity

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Currently I am reading Abbot Vonier's book The Life of the World to Come . It is a book on eschatology elaborating on that part of the c...
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Br Jerome Mary
I am a privately professed lay hermit (not Canonical yet) under a spiritual director & my parish priest. I am a hermit in the Carmelite tradition & have been granted Spiritual Affiliation to the Carmelite Order (OCarm) by the Prior General in recognition of possessing the charism & sharing in the spirituality of the Order. I feel an affinity with Saint Jerome "The Irascible Hermit" who sarcastically fought against heresy but also defended the virginity of Our Lady. My charism is to pray & intercede everyday for people struggling with SSA & sexual addictions. The purpose of this blog has always been to share with others my wrestling with God (Genesis 32:22 - 32) to help people know that they are not alone in their struggles, & more importantly we are all called to live a life of holiness, all called to Divine Intimacy through Jesus our Beloved. Transformed by the Love of God, even the hardest hearts can be softened & changed by the Holy Spirit. May Our Lady of Mount Carmel, The Immaculate Queen of Hermits pray for us as we Climb the Mountain of the Lord (Isaiah 2:3)
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