Category Archives: books
Mary, Mother of God, Mother of Priests, Benefactors, Important Books, Florae (of sorts)
Thanks to E.R., who sent in a totally unsolicited financial contribution to the Hermitage. But that was the least of it. Also included was a picture of Mary, Mother of God, Mother of Priests, above. But there is much more. … Continue reading
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Here’s Dawn Eden’s Exclusive Guest-Post on HSH (about Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Sexual Abuse, and Creative Love)
St. Maximilian Kolbe: “Only Love Is Creative” By Dawn Eden One of the observations I make in my new book My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints is that saints are sometimes patrons … Continue reading
This hermit’s review of Brian J. Gail’s Trilogy, vol. 1 — Fatherless
Thanks again to TMB for sending the Trilogy in to the hermitage. Let me just direct this review to Brian… My disclaimer, Brian, is that I’m not very well read with novels. I’ve only read Fatherless once. I haven’t yet read the … Continue reading
Thanks to benefactors: signal repeater and… some… novels [!]
T.M.B. wrote in asking if I had read Brian J. Gail’s Trilogy. As I say, I am about the most badly read hermit ever to have lived. Favorite reading material has, in the past, been The Far Side by a … Continue reading
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Books sent to Holy Souls Hermitage today!
The book to the left comes highly recommended as an into to patrology course. I think I did my patristics course some 30 years ago. Tempus fugit! Memento mori! Speaking of which, thanks to D.W., I also received the book … Continue reading
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Chapter 5 — The Grief-Woman
The Dog-Woman post has been very popular in Asia, particularly in Vietnam and China. I originally wrote that chapter of the book for my parish bulletin in Australia. I started to pay special attention to the passage when I was … Continue reading
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Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. I pray for benefactors daily, offering Holy Mass for their intentions about once a month. You'll have to force me to take your donations, though. Scroll down for an explanation.
