Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

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

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

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 ...

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...