Monthly Archives: March 2013

An excerpt from Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi Easter Messsage: What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go out to every house and every family, especially where the … Continue reading →

Last night, during Easter Vigil, we rang bells at the start of the Gloria.  It was so spine-tingling wonderful that I decided to record it this morning.  Maybe you had to be there, and the opening is a little rough … Continue reading →

Happy Easter!

This is a good, though-provoking post and I hope she is right: Francis is making a point that needs making, and he is doing it by simply being who he is. I think he really is that humble, and since … Continue reading →

Excellent analysis: Before liberals and traditionalists both have a spittle-flecked nutty, each for their own reasons, try to figure out what he is trying to do. Firstly, we are not succeeding in evangelizing.  We are going backwards, globally.  Francis knows this. This … Continue reading →

A beautifully-written article by our thurifer Zack Candy in The Catholic Register: The proceedings of the last few weeks, then, have been novel, exciting and a bit terrifying for me in a way which they may not have been for … Continue reading →

Okay, on balance, I am impressed with Pope Francis.  I think his homily’s are just what we need to hear.  They are inspired and beautiful.  I admire his courage and simplicity. But I am uncomfortable with the Pope’s foot washing in … Continue reading →

This homily is marvelous.  Why  then are  Trads are still sniping at Pope Francis and calling him a “liberal.” We need to “go out”, then, in order to experience our own anointing, its power and its redemptive efficacy: to the … Continue reading →

Via the Catholic Herald’s daily Catholic must-reads, Francis Phillips writes: Following the election of Pope Francis an excellent initiative has sprung up: a new blog called Catholic Women Rising. I don’t see these two events as coincidental. We have a new … Continue reading →

        The view from my balcony and the tulips in my livingroom.