The journal Universitas, issued by the Jesuit-run Fu Jen University in Taiwan, has kindly published my article entitled “The Institution of the Eucharist in the Gospel of John, the Didache […]
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A Calling to the Contemplative Life (Part One)
This is the second part of my article on “The Maronite Monks of Adoration”. It is dedicated to the first part of a review of Abbot William’s valuable spiritual testimony: […]
Read moreDithering
Formulation and Dithering It is a beautiful, entertaining word: “dithering”; quite one of the modest glories of the English language. You could spend the afternoon in nature, on a grassy […]
Read moreThe Maronite Monks of Adoration
Part One: Visiting the Monks I recently had the great good fortune, even the privilege, of visiting the Maronite Monks of Adoration at their Monastery of the Holy Trinity. If […]
Read moreFormulations
Formulations play an enormous part in our lives. They are necessary: whenever we speak we use formulations: “Good morning”, “I am …”, “Would you like …”, “Can you tell me […]
Read moreThe Bride of Lammermoor
One well educated person I know considers The Bride of Lammermoor to have been Sir Walter Scott’s greatest novel. I think it is a great novel, and an underestimated one, […]
Read moreSugar is a Plague
I am absolutely serious. Sugar is a plague. To take just one example, on 20 February 2016, Australia newspapers reported that “Children as young as five are having all their […]
Read moreSaint Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
St Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Looking at his life, he might also be the patron saint of hard jobs. Saint Patrick […]
Read moreWhy we should cook with olive oil
I first became aware of the danger of cooking foods in vegetable oils when I saw an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on9 November 2015, p.2. It has taken […]
Read morePornography and Sexting. Sin and Damned Sin.
It is fashionable not to speak about sin. That fashion is not merely deplorable, not merely catastrophic: that fashion is itself a crime against God and humanity. We commit an […]
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