Some web browsing.............

 

Solitude is not loneliness and loneliness is not simply being alone. Loneliness is a condition of the heart, not the circumstances of life. When one is lonely there is a lack of knowing love in the depth of the human heart. Loneliness is a symptom of the yawning absence at the foundation level of each human person. It is an unhappiness at being alone which grows into a restless search for something–we know not what.

Father Mourad: Defeating ISIS Within a Cell of Prayer - Recently released from ISIS prison, Syrian priest tells of his hellish, and graced, experience

Mother Angelica’s condition is declining

Preacher to the Papal Household gives address at Westminister Abbey to Synod of the Church of England

It’s probably Ireland’s busiest church’ - St Teresa’s Church in Dublin city centre

A tour of the ‘Fonderia Artistica Marinelli’ where the Holy Door of St Peter's was cast

For Christians, martyrdom is a ‘never-ending story,’ says cardinal

CNA- We know how to reform Islam – it's time to actually do it, Muslims say

The Atlantic magazine - What ISIS Really Wants - The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.

The Atlantic magazine - How ISIS Spread in the Middle East; And how to stop it

WSJ - The Opus Dei Central Banker Shaking Up Kenya