Carthusiana… Roberto Lañas, the electric chair and the Carthusians… 11 Mar 201911 Mar 2019 We found this story on Revista Cronopio entitled Roberto Lañas & la silla elèctrica by Harold Alvarado Tenorio (see his short Bio at the end of the article) writer, poet, journalist, sometimes freedom fighter,…
Lent… Lenten Reflections 10 Mar 2019 Days of penance have come to us, that we may redeem our sins and save our souls. What is Lent? THE Lenten spirit and message are summed up in two…
Homily… QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY AND INSTRUCTION ON LENT 2 Mar 20192 Mar 2019 What is Quinquagesima? The period of fifty days before Easter. It begins with the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, called Dominica in Quinquagesima or Esto Mihi from the beginning of the…
Homily… Sexagesima Sunday – The Fruitful Seed is the Faith. 23 Feb 201923 Feb 2019 Why is this Sunday called Sexagesima? The word Sexagesima means sixty. According to the First Council of Orleans, in the year A.D. 545, many pious ecclesiastics and lay persons of…
About Catholicism… THE MOST SERIOUS SACRILEGE EVER DARED, ELICITS A VERY STRONG REACTION FROM THE CHURCH AND THE FAITHFUL IN SPAIN 20 Feb 201920 Feb 2019 These days, not only do we have to contend with Islamic fanaticism which is shaking and devastating the West; there is also another, more silent but no less dangerous, precisely…
Thoughts When a Social Network Company becomes a Secret Government Agency 29 Jan 2019 We are in the process of leaving Facebook we have tried this once before but our friends and family decided it was too much effort and we found ourselves alone…
Eremitic Life… Fr. Louis OCSO (Merton) on Alternative Living and Hermits 28 Jan 201928 Jan 2019 "The hermit remains in the world as an unheard prophet, like a voice shouting in the desert, as a sign of contradiction". If there is such a man as…
Monasticism… Charterhouse of San Giacomo – Capri – Crowd Funding Request 27 Jan 201929 Jan 2019 I would very much like to share this crowdfunding appeal on behalf of the "Friends of the Certosa of Capri". In this day and age too often historical christian places…
Homily… And Jesus unrolled the scroll … 9 Jan 2019 A look at Luke 1:1-4; 4:16-21) Often, the Gospel of Luke emphasises the Jewish roots of Jesus. This is an aspect that has often been minimised or obscured during the…
