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One Foot in the Cloister

by a Monk on the Mission

Tag: Marriage and Family Life

A Reading from the Prophet Sheed…and a Mystery, and a Musing—All on Sex

6 May 2017 — Posted inChurch life — 5 min read

I think the title counts as what is called in the cyber world, clickbait. Anyway… Frank Sheed (1897–1981), the great Australian Catholic publisher, apologist and missionary to England and America, manages the feat of being orthodox without being pious, and of being comprehensive without being complex. […]

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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and Amoris Latetitia

23 January 2017 — Posted inChurch life — 8 min read

As you know, in a monastery the monk–priests take turns as principal celebrants of the conventual Mass. At Douai most of us usually offer a few words of reflection, a homilette, of a greater or lesser degree of depth according to the monk involved. […]

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