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Catholic Insight - November 4, 2019

We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The prophet says: "I will pray, and then I will understand." This is the...

Catholic Insight - November 3, 2019

Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. (Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester's, dying words,...

Catholic Insight - November 2, 2019

It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins (2 Maccabees, 12:46)

All Hallowed Eve, the Goats and the Sheep

Catholic Insight - October 31, 2019

‘Tis All Hallowed Eve, the vigil of All Saints’ Day, first officially instituted by Pope Gregory III (731 – 741), during what we know...

Catholic Insight - October 30, 2019

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored (Aldous Huxley, +1963)

Metaphysical Madness and Mayhem

Catholic Insight - October 30, 2019

‘Rachel’ Mackinnon is a cyclist smashing speed records and winning golds across the track, which may sound at first glance sound like Lance, as...

Catholic Insight - October 29, 2019

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)

Catholic Insight - October 27, 2019

Let us fix our gaze on the Father and Creator of the whole world, and let us hold on to his peace and blessings,...

Catholic Insight - October 25, 2019

The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore...

The Forty Martyrs of England, Wales and Scotland

Catholic Insight - October 25, 2019

On this day in 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI officially canonized the ‘forty martyrs of England and Wales’ and, we might add, Scotland, priests,...