Monthly Archives: June 2021

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi

Posted on June 19, 2021 by padrerichard

(As we Worship, So we Believe, So we Live) So what does this Latin phrase actually mean? According to Fr Peter Heers, “There is an interconnection and interdependence of faith and life, of dogma and ethos. Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, … Continue reading →

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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG

Posted on June 19, 2021 by padrerichard

by: Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774 “An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog” is reprinted from A Nonsense Anthology. Ed. Carolyn Wells. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1915. Good people all, of every sort,Give ear unto my song;And if you … Continue reading →

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Struggling

Posted on June 17, 2021 by padrerichard

Why do we struggle throughout are entire life, from the moment we are born to the moment we repose? Death is part of living; struggle is part of living! In St Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, we hear about … Continue reading →

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Shame in the Public Arena — Glory to God for All Things

Posted on June 16, 2021 by padrerichard

In 401 AD, twenty-nine Saxon “slaves,” strangled each other to death with their bare hands in their prison cells. They chose this death rather than being forced to fight one another in Rome’s arena. 60 more words Shame in the Public … Continue reading →

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