Posts by Father Thomas Dowd

Father Thomas Dowd

Book review: Light, Happiness & Peace — Journeying Through Traditional Catholic Spirituality, by Fr. John Pasquini

I get a lot of books to review, and I must confess that very few make it off my “review” shelf to my reference shelf. Light, Happiness and Peace is one of the rare ones, though, that I know I’ll be going back to in the future.
Fr. Pasquini’s goal in writing this book is [...]

Total obedience and our “devoir d’état”

The path to holiness must include the evangelical counsel of obedience, and the most important obedience is to those duties that arise from our state of life.

The communion of saints sinners

We can’t change the past, but we can choose what parts of it we will honour. We can’t repent for others’ sins, but we can choose to repudiate those sins. Where is our communion of heart and intent?