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Fr Robert Hart on Transgenderism
Not the author of confusion is a very sensible article by Fr Robert Hart. I have had occasion to comment on this frightening tendency in society. Some hospitals are now ceasing to perform the “sex-change” operation for valid psychological reasons, … Continue reading
Espèce d’âne rouge!
These are the words of the dying Doctor Spiletti to the Communist Mayor Peppone in one of the Dom Camillo films – You red ass! Since the downfall of Soviet Communism in 1989, Communism has made as much of a … Continue reading
The Rite of Braga
The Report on the Bragan Rite for the Congregation for Divine Worship – Review is quite harrowing but entirely predictable. I know little about the Rite of Braga, a diocese in Portugal, but it is one of the many diocesan rites … Continue reading
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive
William Wordsworth wrote these words at the beginning of the French Revolution: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven! As the heads fell during the Terror, he wrote: Domestic carnage, now … Continue reading
Let Nothing You Dismay
Fr Michael Gollop runs the blog Let Nothing You Dismay. This poignant title is quoted from the popular Christmas carol God rest ye merry gentlemen. He heads the blog with this message: This, then is our desert: to live facing … Continue reading
The Pit
We are used to catalogues about the woes of modern society. The party’s over is no exception and a breeding ground for simplistic right-wing jingoistic solutions: Spare the rod… Of course, it is all cogent. We have just as much … Continue reading
Perceptio
Perceptio is of a rare subtlety in understanding many of the issues that dog us. Churches concerned with political correctness are described in Make of it what you will. I have given a lot of thought to the issue of … Continue reading
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Interesting Ideas – and their Limitations
For the first time in a few weeks, I have found a subject that strikes me as being of interest. There was the Semaine du Golfe when I was totally off-line. The only electricity I was using was a rechargeable … Continue reading
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Tagged Monastic life, Politics, Religious fanaticism, Spirituality
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First Sailing Videos
I now have a cheap video camera in a waterproof case. Here are four very brief videos, the first on a day with little wind, the second and third running before a fresh wind and surfing on the swell. The … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 