Dec 22, 2020 | Editorial, Opinion, World
EDITORIAL 2020 is a year none of us will ever forget. We have lived through the writing of a particular moment in history, an era which will be discussed and examined for decades to come; a time whose after-effects will remain with us long after these days are...
Dec 10, 2020 | Opinion, The Spiritual Life
As things stand with the pandemic here in Scotland, we are hopeful that the present restrictions will be eased enough to allow an increase of numbers attending Church services; currently limited to 20 people, the hope is that this will increase to 50 people. That...
Nov 16, 2020 | Church, Opinion
Quoting the words of the Second Vatican Council’s ‘Dogmatic Constitution On The Church’ (‘Dei Verbum’), the Catechism tells us that – “Christ is the light of humanity; and it is, accordingly, the heart-felt desire of this...
Nov 14, 2020 | Church, Opinion
There is no doubt that there are a great many good and holy Priests. These noble men give everything of themselves, sparing nothing for the people who are entrusted to their spiritual and temporal care. They made public promises and they faithfully uphold these...
Nov 1, 2020 | Miscellany, Opinion
In 1624 John Donne famously wrote – “No man is an island entire of itself.. any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” Four hundred years later, those words are as true now as they were then. We are all interconnected;...
Sep 13, 2020 | Church, Opinion, Our Lady, The Spiritual Life, World
“The devil often purveys objects to the senses, affording to the sense of sight images of saints and most beautiful lights … He does all of this so that by enticing persons through these sensory objects he may induce them into many evils.” –...
Jul 24, 2020 | Church, Fatima, Opinion, Our Lady, The Spiritual Life
For all who profess a devotion to the Mother of God, it is a salutary – in fact, a necessary – task to stop from time to time and to compare the practice of our devotion to those descriptions given by the Church, by the Popes and by the great Marian saints...
Dec 7, 2019 | Fatima, Opinion, Pope Francis
“I saw the Holy Father in a very big house, kneeling by a table, with his head buried in his hands, and he was weeping. Outside the house, there were many people. Some of them were throwing stones, others were cursing him and using bad language. Poor Holy...
Feb 24, 2019 | Church, Editorial, News, Opinion
“Behind this, there is Satan.” – Pope Francis “Consecrated persons, chosen by God to guide souls to salvation, let themselves be dominated by their human frailty or sickness and thus become tools of Satan. In abuse, we see the hand of the evil...
