Spring Nights in the South

Spring night walking Watching cherry blossoms bloom With the taste of whiskey on my tongue ***** Cool breeze in my wife's hair A happy skip in my dog's step Ice clinking in my cup ***** Social Distancing Brings the neighbors out onto the street. Folding chairs, and kids on their bicycles With everyone smiling from …

The Confessions of Saint Patrick – Saint Patrick in His Own Words

The following is a 5th century description of Saint Patrick's conversion, and apostollic labors during his lifetime as the missionary and spiritual father of Ireland written by Saint Patrick himself.  1. I, Patrick, a sinner, a most simple countryman, the least of all the faithful and most contemptible to many, had for father the deacon Calpurnius, …

Visual Haiku – Hiroshi Yoshida & Hasui Kawase – Japanese Woodblock Prints

Hiroshi Yoshida Hasui Kawase

The Vincentian Canon – AD434 – On Tradition and Scripture – A Refutation of Sola Scriptura

I have continually given the greatest pains and diligence to inquiring, from the greatest possible number of men outstanding in holiness and in doctrine, how I can secure a kind of fixed and, as it were, general and guiding principle for distinguishing the true Catholic Faith from the degraded falsehoods of heresy. And the answer …