Friends with Christ

  The relationship between the Church and the world has always been a dynamic and a variable reality. Often the Church has had to adapt the ...

  In Sandro Magister's magnificent post about the virus that has infected the Church, the virus that he is speaking of is the attitude o...

  A recent post on Sandro Magister's blog was entitled, "There is a vaccine for the virus that infects the Church." This post ...

  1st December is the feast of St Edmund Campion and companions, who were captured at Lyford Grange in July 1581.  Edmund was executed at Ty...

"Sixteen years, sixteen banners united over the field." This week is the sixteenth anniversary of the launch of this Blog. I can h...

Having recently finished reading the third part of Michael Davies trilogy on the Liturgical reform - Pope Paul's new Mass - here are a ...

  A pilgrimage day to honour St Edmund Campion, 1 st  December 2021. Holy Mass, lunch, short talk and Rosary Walk. This day is being held in...

  What a wonderful month August has been for me, a month of accompanying families. At the start of the month, I was part of a young family c...

  In the second chapter of Michael Davies' "Pope Paul's New Mass", the author speaks about the 'Ottaviani Intervention...

  My notes on the second chapter of Michael Davies book, "Pope Paul's New Mass". This chapter details many of the documents fr...

At the end of the year I will post on the books that I have read during 2021. However, the book that I am presently reading is so good that ...

  My notes on Amoris Laetitia, Chapter 9. The Spirituality of marriage and the family. The Pope speaks of the “spirituality of the bond”, of...

  My notes on Amoris Laetitia, Chapter 8. Accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness. This chapter reads as though it is the purpose ...

  My notes on Amoris Laetitia, Chapter 7. Towards a better education of children. The chapter is a summary of what the Church teaches and, w...

  My notes on Amoris Laetitia, Chapter 6. Some pastoral perspectives. This chapter presents a very full perspective of the Church’s role in ...

My notes on Chapter 5, Love made fruitful. A very readable chapter, yet one that does not shed light on today's questions. Questions lik...