Roger’s Weblog
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The Catholic Ireland of Éamon de Valera
Today, we continue with extracts on Ireland, from my upcoming book Cor Jesu Sacratissimum. [UPDATE: Now Available here!] Two earlier instalments have appeared: Encountering Catholic Ireland (here) and Charity, Community and Caring in Catholic Ireland (here). In the most recent of those, I commented on my experience of living in Ireland and being profoundly impressed by…
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The Catholic House: Divided Against Itself
I regret that I remain unable to devote the needed time and attention to both this site and correspondence. However, here is another extract from my upcoming book: A clear disjunction can be found everywhere in the contemporary Church. There is a dissonance between the desire to resemble the world and the…
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The Solace of the Sacraments
On suffering and the solace of the Sacraments . . .
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On Corpus Christi—and Refuting New Age Dogma
Today it is Corpus Christi. And, as recently we observed at this weblog: “New Age culture moves in lockstep with the modern, liberal culture. And like that culture, it has little time for Christian understandings of the Fall, evil and sin. It tends very much to share the secular supposition of ‘Original Innocence’. Like the secular…
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On Liturgical Abuse and Zany Catholicism
The crisis of the Church lies so largely in the modern liturgy. Liturgical abuse is leading to a modern zany form of Catholicism, from clown Masses to Masses with rock music and even KISS.
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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