11/07/2025

Jesus completes the revelations that begin in the Book of Genesis. We have to use "Wisdom" to live with integrity. We have to avoid all the ensnarements of hypocrisy into which self-righteousness can so easily lead us.

St Benedict knew that "My Kingdom is not of this World" means exactly what it says and he also knew that the Church of his day was not fulfilling the will of her founder . He also knew that human pride can sully even the most sincere of our intentions even in our personal devotion to Our Father. His "rule" was to be an aid for individual Christian Living in but not of this world and could be considered as the "Shema" of completed revelation.

Jesus tells us that the more we abandon the things of this world the greater will be our reward in the New Creation. Today we are not told to dishonour our family ties, break the fourth/fifth commandment but to remember that the way to perfection begins with the First Commandment which leads us into a new family of the Children of God.

We all have to remember this each day of our lives. 

St Benedict knew that the Church founded on St Peter had already become entangled in this world, can his remaining monks be sure that they are meeting the requirements of their own vows when living in the vast almost empty spaces that are their remaining monasteries?

God knows, that there is much more important Christian work that needs to be done in my country than attending to the education of the wealthy, upper-classes and promoting the elite exclusivism of the Latin Mass Society.