The Glorious TRANSFIGURATION: 6 August “After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There […]
Read moreMonth: July 2020
The Ninth Sunday of Pentecost
Ninth Sunday of Pentecost Introit Behold God is my helper, and the Lord is the protector of my soul: turn back the evils upon mine enemies, and cut them off […]
Read moreEighth Sunday of Pentecost
Introit We have received Thy mercy, O God, in the midst of Thy temple; according to Thy Name, O God, so also is Thy praise unto the ends of the […]
Read moreThe Realist Guide to Religion and Science
In 2018, my friend, Fr Paul Robinson SSPX, published with Gracewing Press, his useful book The Realist Guide to Religion and Science. I commend it to anyone interested in these […]
Read moreHoliness is the Answer to the Forces of Hell
God the Father Almighty is All-good, All-knowing, and All-loving. He is infinitely more powerful than the devil, and if we stand with God in actual fact and not only in […]
Read moreThe E.F.M. Is Celebrated in Arcadia
The Extraordinary Form of the Mass, also known as the Tridentine Mass, or “the old Latin Mass” is celebrated at each Sunday, at 4.30pm, at St Benedict’s, Arcadia, 6 Fagan’s […]
Read more“An Introduction to the Maronite Faith”
My book An Introduction to the Maronite Faith, published by Connor Court, is available. Some Maronite churches have it in their gift shops, but with everything closing up once because […]
Read moreReview: Taylor Marshall’s “Catholic Perspective on Paul”
Taylor Marshall’s The Catholic Perspective on Paul is a rare bird indeed: it is a solid, systematic treatment of the Apostle St Paul and his letters. It is written simply and […]
Read moreThe Necromancers, Part II
Benson developed a rather simple but, I suggest, accurate view of the relationship between will and formatory thought (to use Gurdjieff’s phrase for the lower level of mind, the one […]
Read moreR.H. Benson, “The Necromancers,” Pt I
My own view, for what it may be worth, is that most writers who dismiss Benson’s novels out of hand have simply not read them. I have already extracted some […]
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