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Anima Christi
The Anima Christi (Latin: Soul of Christ) was composed by someone sometime in the Middle Ages. It was attributed much later to St Ignatius of Loyola and taught to me by my year 10 Scripture teacher....
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Falling in Love with the Sacred Heart
I love the Heart of Jesus. It properly began when my grandmother gave me an old, falling-apart book that had belonged to her grandfather, the Treasury of the Sacred Heart. It was full of prayers,...
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What about the Thief on the Cross?
My last post (on my discovery of salvation by faith and works) garnered a bit of a response – which is delightful and exactly what I like. One of the questions in response was: What about the thief on...
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Why the Thief on the Cross Has More Good Works Than We Do
Yesterday, I wrote about the Good Thief on the Cross, whose story Protestants often use to “prove” that salvation is by faith alone, apart from good works of love and obedience. On the contrary, I...
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“On this darkest of days”
Jesus is judged by Pilate and the mob for us. Antonio Ciseri, Ecce Homo, 1871 Jesus is scourged for us. Giotto, Flagellation, c. 1305 (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua) Jesus is crowned with thorns for us....
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The Silence of the Cross {Repost}
Christianity is supposed to be psychological crutch for the weak. People are supposed to turn to God for answers in their suffering. He is supposed to give the easy answers, and a way to avoid any sort...
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Jesus Loves You With All His Pump {First Friday Link-Up}
It’s our second First Friday!! First Friday means I, along with Ryan at Back of the World, and a host of other fantastic people, are writing posts in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus! Then, we head...
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O Were You There When They Waterboarded My Lord?
O were you there when they waterboarded my Lord? For they have taken Him away and I do not know where He is. He was a traitor. An enemy of state, a combatant who had declared He would annihilate the...
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What It Means To Have Mary as My Mother
I didn’t know I needed Her until suddenly I did. Until suddenly, I needed Her desperately. I had always been told that a woman has a great dignity before God but I had nowhere to look to see this. If...
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