Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

As many of you know, the patron of this blog is the original irascible hermit himself, St Jerome - Doctor of the Church.  Pope Francis has r...

I found out today that a priest who was quite horrible to me when I was in seminary has passed away. We had quite a personality clash, and I...

For the word of God is a light to the mind and a fire to the will. It enables man to know God and to love him. And for the interior man who ...

Today being the Solemnity if Sts Peter & Paul got me reflecting on the denial of St Peter and my own unfaithfulness during the Covid pan...

I was approached by my Parish Priest and one of our Acolytes a few months ago to consider the ministry of Acolyte in our Parish, they didn’t...

A few weeks ago I got home from work, feeling very tired and was trying to organise my birthday party. Going through my list of people to in...

Dear readers,  I know it has almost been another year since I have blogged again. As mentioned below I have been struggling with depression ...

For many years I have struggled with my Same Sex Attraction, chastity and purity. This combined with depression would leave me to isolate my...

Let us return once more to the night of Holy Saturday. In the Creed we say about Christ’s journey that he “descended into hell.” What happen...

  18  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed do...

This is a wonderful talk on the holiness of the Mass, specifically dealing with purgatory  https://youtu.be/fyDh80ZWkpw

If you haven’t had a chance to read and reflect on Pope Francis’ Lenten message for 2019, I highly recommend it  “For the creation waits wit...

A friend of mine has recently written a book about deepening your understanding of prayer life. I highly recommend it.  Easy to read with in...