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Truly, I have seen all six wives of Henry VIII disappear
This actually happened. I'm not kidding. See the video evidence. My friend, Kind Sir Bruce of Wisconsin gave me the gift of a vessel which bears the images of Henry VIII and his six wives. When I...
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Our Lady appeared on the 13th of the month at Fatima so we may avoid the fate...
100 years ago today Our Lady appeared at Fatima and gave the world a sign so as that we may believe. What came to be known as "the miracle of the sun" occurred when the sun burst from behind a curtain...
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What is your Memento Mori? It need not be a skull. Mine is a red bus.
The actof placing a skull on your desk is known as keeping a "Memento Mori" to inspire thoughts of your death. A time-honored practice indeed, some of the big saints such as St Jerome and St Teresa of...
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Catching sight of the child saved from abortion behind the Christmas tree
Some Christmases ago I had been doing a lot of entertaining in my old flat. As a confirmed introvert I was happy to find I had a morning to myself and so I nipped out into the frosty air and skipped in...
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A loose-lipped Pope and tight-lippped laypeople: Pope Francis' ironic papacy
Pope Francis holding forth on a plane, this will become the defining image of his Papacy"Sorry, Mary. I know I discussed giving you an interview but I'd rather not, I can't air my views on Catholicism....
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My friend Tom Leopold to comedy writers: "Make sure you think it's funny"
Tom Leopold has given an interview to The Writer Magazine. Here is my favorite gem from the piece, "I want to speak as a comedy writer, If you want to touch people – using comedy writing as an example...
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John Carmichael, author of Drunks and Monks on The Journey Home
John Carmichael, author of Drunks and Monks on The Journey Home, March 2018. A still taken during the filming of The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi.
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I have turned my blog black as a mark of respect for Our Lord's Sorrowful...
Today is Good Friday and the holiest of holy days, and in honour of Our Lord's Passion I have changed my blog's background image from the bright lights of London to a sombre black. I have been reading...
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Our Lady of Siluva
I am fascinated by the apparitions of Our Lady in the village of Siluva, Lithuania where she wept bitterly. Our Lady explained why her face was drenched in tears: the ground beneath her feet had once...
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Ireland's Toxic Romance
“I don’t want a baby who is slow and will have me to blame for it,” Emer said when she finally had an abortion. Emer and her long-term boyfriend Connor had booked an abortion earlier on in the...
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Happy Feast of St Pio to you and yours
Today marks the feast day of Padre Pio. I wish you a most lovely day celebrating the life of Padre Pio. May you get every blessing and grace through Pio's intercession. I am still deep in the throes...
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My new blog design puts Padre Pio in the pink!
Beady-eyed watchers of this blog will notice I have changed the blog design. I was experimenting with themes, not having a clue as to the theme and colours I ought to use, when I said to Padre Pio...
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Of your love, please pray for my friend Sonia on her birthday
Today is my friend Sonia's birthday and of your love please pray for her intentions. The photo you see is of us celebrating my 30th birthday. We first got to know each other in 2012 when we were...
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The episode of Unsolved Mysteries devoted to Padre Pio
Until two days ago I had never heard of the television show Unsolved Mysteries, but John Carmichael brought this episode to my attention, having found it on You-Tube and I wish to make this episode,...
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John Carmichael's interview on The Regular Catholic Guy Show
John Carmichael did an interview with Jeff Garrett for The Regular Catholic Guy Show where he holds forth particularly on how the Tridentine Mass was the catalyst for his conversion to Catholicism.The...
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Finding Solace in Solanus
The winds of a Wisconsin Winter swirled round one Bernard Casey who felt lost. The young 26-year-old had been dismissed from a seminary which was dubbed ‘the German Seminary’ because the classes for...
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A friend suggests adoption and a baby's life is saved in Modern Ireland
The one certainty in Siobhan’s mind was that if she didn’t have an abortion, she could not raise the baby herself. She already had one little boy and was barely coping. Her boyfriend of many years was...
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Padre Pio biographer Frank Rega's How To Pray the Secret Rosary allows you...
In these early days of Lent 2019 I have been turning over in my mind how I might do as Our Lord exhorts us: "...and whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites for they love to stand and pray in...
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Padre Pio: "Hypocrisy is the greatest evil of our time"
Padre Pio said to American soldier Bill Carrigan in 1945: "Hypocrisy is the greatest evil of our time. It exists in all levels of our society, in high places and in low places."Just this week I came...
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Beauty begets beauty...
...is an expression I crafted nearly a year ago when I was writing my piece on Our Lady of Siluva for The Mass of Ages. Since the article was published I have heard 'beauty begets beauty' repeated...
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