Ruminations of an Irascible Hermit.

In the Office of Readings for today, there is a wonderful reflection by St Gregory of Nyssa on Christian Perfection. He uses 3 images to hel...

I was reading through the Maxims of St John of the Cross today, and out of the different quotes that spoke to me - this particular one stood...

Today we celebrate the wonderful, awe inspiring and incredible Solemnity of Corpus Christ! This is the feast day where we liturgically celeb...

Out of the depths I cry to you Lord (Psalm 130:1)  From the depth of sin  From the depth of darkness  From the pit of despair  From the dep...

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...