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I don’t know about you, but I often worry about what I might end up doing when I finally go senile and forget that people are watching me. Okay, maybe this is only a problem I have–but I spend so … Continue reading →

Reflecting further on my little tirade against Fr John Dear below, I realise the difficulty we get ourselves in when we embrace ideology rather than theology. Dear advocates the total renunciation of the use of force (“violence”, in his parlance)–not … Continue reading →

Yes, dear Friends, here is your third opportunity to experience the treasure which is our Catholic Liturgy as the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council meant her to be celebrated: In Latin! The next mass of the Glorificamus Society will … Continue reading →

I have blogged about Fr John Dear before. Radio National seems rather taken with him, because months after his visit to these shores, they aired another program starring the starry-eyed priest on Encounter on the 22nd of April (yes folks, … Continue reading →

For those of you following my conversion blog (thanks Dixie for your recent plug), I have just made another entry on Year of Grace from the journal which I kept between Easter 2000 and Easter 2001 describing blow by blow … Continue reading →

Or perhaps that should be “The Importance of DOING Right”? What I mean is this. I found myself in the last few days asking myself the question “Am I a traditionalist?” My answer is: No. Well, am I a legalist? … Continue reading →

you will still be misunderstood. Not withstanding my comments in the previous blog, here is an example of a perfectly moderate, sane and clear argument and what the media made of it. The scene is Italy once more, the source … Continue reading →

The old bloggin’ fever has bitten me again! Here at Sentire Cum Ecclesia we (I use the royal “we”) have some pretty strong views. And we like to argue them forcefully. But if I ever take up an arguement it … Continue reading →

An interesting comment which I have now heard from both a Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest. The Jewish Rabbi has changed his mind because he attended a JCMA conference and met some of “those people”. Hopefully too the Catholic … Continue reading →

If I thought that Turkey was a strange and wondrous place, where the paradigms of the rest of the world failed to apply, it is as nothing compared to China. For a quick and powerful glimpse at the state of … Continue reading →