Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

Thursday, December 31, 2020

The year 2020

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2020 has been a very challenging year for everyone - emotionally, financially and spiritually.  This is the year that I have tried to put Go...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Christ the King - the empire of our Redeemer embraces all men

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Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas when instituting the Solemn Feast of Christ the King says :  33. The faithful, moreover, by meditating upon thes...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Have courage - be patient with yourself, the spirituality of gentleness

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I often find quotes from St Frances de Sales very encouraging, he gives very gentle advice as opposed to the Desert Fathers, St John of the ...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

St Jerome - the Library of Christ

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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...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Pray for your enemies

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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...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

St Lawrence of Brindisi on the Bible

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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 ...
Monday, June 29, 2020

The denial of St Peter and our own unfaithfulness

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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...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

Ministry of Acolyte

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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...
Friday, March 13, 2020

Blessing of Obedience

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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...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Discerning eremetical life

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Dear readers,  I know it has almost been another year since I have blogged again. As mentioned below I have been struggling with depression ...
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Fellowship - the importance of the Communion of Saints

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

Nothing can separate us from the love of God

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Cross - the key to death, the radical love of Jesus

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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...
Friday, April 19, 2019

Consummatum est

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  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...
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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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