“But the legalized looting of the monasteries and chantries by the Crown and its agents in the 1530s and 1540s set an example which other were swift to follow.” The Continue Reading →
“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.” – Apostles’ Creed Started Continue Reading →
“lyke tru and fayghthefull crystyn pepyll this was restoryd to this churche by the wyche doyngis hyt schowyth that they dyd lyke good catholyke men.” – Sir Christopher Trychay I’m Continue Reading →
This weekend I said the Rosary at Notre Dame de France in Leicester Square. The church features a chapel designed by Jean Cocteau and was included in 100 Churches 100 Continue Reading →
“wher soo ever the devyll…doo see the syne of this crosse, he flees, he byddes not, he strykys not, he cannot hurte.” (1) Quotes from The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Continue Reading →
(1) Quotes from The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy: “Market forces dominated, a fact which permits some degree of confidence in using the resulting compilations as indicators of lay opinion. Continue Reading →
“The man who commits violence against his mother [i.e. the Holy Church] revolts against humanity.” – Louis VII I would rather be in a congregation of one than have the Continue Reading →
A quote from The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy: “The Book of Margery Kempe is a formidable warning against any assumption that the religion of ritual, relic, and Continue Reading →
(1) Why Did Biden Nix God in Prayer Address? (CNSNEWS)
“You cannot go on ‘seeing through’ things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (1) Continue Reading →