De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

In his latest reflection , Fr Sean Sheehy challenges us to begin 2026 with true wisdom — not the world’s “cleverness,” but God’s wisdom that often looks like foolishness to the world. As Fr Sean reminds us, the real tragedy isn’t being foolish… it’s not knowing it. Start the year by re-orienting your mind and heart to the wisdom of Christ. 👉 Read “A New Start: Don’t Be a Fool Anymore! ” over on Catholic Unscripted and discover how to live with clarity, courage, and truth in a time of confusion.

I hope you have had a happy and fulfilling Christmas. I love the New Year, it always renews my sense of what is possible. An opportunity to reflect on that which I want to change, where I want to put more focus, an exercise in what is possible. 2017 has been a challenging year for me, but overall I have finished the year with a renewed sense of purpose and direction. Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve was particularly beautiful and touching with a real feeling of being close to God Incarnate, Emmanuel - God with us (on that subject, Msgr Charles Pope wrote an outstanding blog explaining why Jesus was named Jesus, or in Aramaic Yeshua  which means “ Yahweh is Salvation”   , rather than Emmanuel as Isaiah 7:14, which you can read here ). Over the Christmas break, I felt filled with enthusiasm and ideas. Having suddenly been forced to leave my work position in June 2016, I have been suffering some anxiety about what direction I should next take. Turning to what I know best, I...