Our opening prayer this afternoon concludes with these words: “may the presence of your Spirit among us bring renewal and courage.” And in a few minutes, we will pray a very searching and thorough Litany of Renewal, asking the Lord Jesus for many graces of both deliverance and reform.  ...

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https://scmo.org/news-releases/perma/1673870760/article/bishops-urge-scottish-government-to-reject-convers.html

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/02/the-west-post–or-pre-christian

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/woman-is-the-glory-of-man

One of the more unfortunate effects of the pandemic has been that people no longer enjoy easy physical access to the doctor. We can understand why but it is still a situation that most would prefer to change. For one thing is to order your shopping online, quite another is...

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-4 Benedict XVI: A Tribute

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/letters-from-rome-3 https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/01/what-benedict-saw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/04/the-guardian-view-on-catholicism-after-benedict-winds-of-change-blow-from-below

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One thing about church buildings is that they demand a lot of attention – and I wish it was just of the TLC kind!   Over the past 18 months at St. Mary’s in Largs, we’ve had to call in roofers to deal with numerous water ingress problems. Just when...