Homily – Monastery of Christ our Saviour

The Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

Brother John Homily / Lent / Solemnity 25/03/2020 01/02/2025

The Annunciation of the Lord, 25th March 2020 Brother Herbert’s mother once typed for Wittgenstein and once said to him that she didn’t understand what she was typing; to which he replied, ‘I don’t want you to understand, I want you to type’ – or words to that effect. Now, …

The Passing of Our Holy Father Benedict

Brother John Feast / Homily / Lent 21/03/2020 01/02/2025

Passing Saint Benedict, 21st March 2020 I have never before been asked to say Mass on my own – even the ‘I’ at the beginning of this seems offensive, and the rebel in me would do otherwise, and there, perhaps, lies a clue to the true nature of priesthood, as …