Catholic Scot

I have started another blog on WordPress: thoughtfully catholic . My latest post there is- Deus Vult! Defending Christian Civilisation ...

Catholic Scot has achieved a landmark of sorts. After years of (more or less) patient effort and 210 individual posts the site has now r...

You have formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in You (St Augustine, Confessions I ) The 20th Centu...

Jesus also said to all the people- "If you wish to be a follower of mine deny yourself and take up your cross each day and follow...

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man:  Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife ...

  And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever. The spirit of truth, whom the...

Not where the wheeling systems darken,  And our benumbed conceiving soars! -  The drift of pinions, would we hearken,  Beats at our o...

  Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? (Isaiah 55:2 ) During the ...

We believe we are rising because while keeping the same base inclinations (for instance: the desire to triumph over others) we have give...

Mary Immaculate, Merely a woman, yet        Whose presence, power is Great as no goddess’s Was deemèd, dreamèd; who This one work...