Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

Blessing our enemies is non negotiable.  Many of you I am sure have seen the horrible news about knife attack against Bishop Mar Mari Emmanu...

You have inviolable dignity. You are loved and worthy of love, you were made for love. Jesus restores our dignity to us no matter how often ...

Wishing you all a very blessed Divine Mercy Sunday! 🙏  I wanted to share with you all a recent experience of mine with the amazing mercy an...

This is one of the truest and simplest statements I have seen. It completely sums up my approach to the faith. We can spend hours and hours ...

In the Office of Readings for today the 1st Sunday of Lent, we have a wonderful reminder from St Augustine that opens up the Gospel reading ...

As we enter into the Holy season of Lent, I wanted to remind you all as I also remind myself - anything we do during Lent (prayer, fasting, ...

Today is the First Sunday of Advent. As we enter into the Liturgical Season of Advent, we can easily lose sight of what the Church teaches u...

Pope Francis has recently released his awaited  Apostolic Exhortation  on St Therese of Liseux. It is very beautifully written and is worth ...

Recently I have been getting my directees to read one psalm each day, to meditate on it and use it for their mental prayer. This is because ...