Saint Benedict, Archbishop Le Gall (at St Cecilia’s Ryde)
SOLEMNITY OF SAINT BENEDICTTHURSDAY JULY 11th 2024AT SAINT CECILIA’S ABBEYRYDE In the Rule of our Blessed Father Benedict, from the beginning, from the Prologue, we are invited to follow Christ Jesus, to walk in his steps, to ride with him, and even to run in the way of God’s commandments with eager love and ineffable delight. At the end, […]
Saint Benedict, Bishop Erik Varden OCSO
St Benedict 2024 (Quarr) Proverbs 2.1-9: The Lord gives wisdom. Colossians 3.12-17: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Matthew 19.27-29: Lo, we have left everything. The philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, still going strong at 95, famously concluded After Virtue, one of the twentieth century’s seminal books, with the remark: ‘We are waiting not […]
30 June 2024, Sts Peter and Paul, Archbishop Le Gall
SOLEMNITY POSTPONED IN ENGLANDOF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAULSUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2024AT QUARR ABBEY, ISLE OF WIGHT The world is running in dangerous ways, dear brothers and sissters, as wars are increasing in many places. Even in the Church conflicts and antagonisms are developping. The gates of the underworld are prevailing against us everywhere […]