By Gerald O’Collins, SJ This is a curious little book, and that for at least two, somewhat contradictory, reasons. St Augustine of Hippo is such a towering figure in the history of Christianity, about whom such a wealth of material has been written, that it would be easy to mistake this slender volume for one […]
News
Book Review – How to Read a Latin Poem: If you Can’t Read Latin yet.
By William Fitzgerald Latin is a beautiful language but very different from English. One really important difference is the case system. The meaning of words in a sentence does not depend on their position but on their case, so words can be positioned anywhere without losing their meaning. This can mean that reading Latin, especially […]
The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Matthew 21.33-end
Today’s Gospel is an allegory. The various features in the story need to be interpreted to understand its meaning. The vineyard is the kingdom of God and its owner is God, who demands the grape harvest from the tenants. The tenants are the leaders of God’s Chosen People the Jews. The story is a judgement […]
For you say, ‘The way of the Lord is unfair.’ ‘O House of Israel, are my ways unfair?’
If you came to the College last Monday, there have probably already been occasions when you have heard yourself saying, ‘the way of the Lord is unfair.’ Wrenched from my family and friends, from my church, into this unfamiliar place. If not, there is time yet … The words appeared in the reading at […]
Restricted content
A welcome word from Fr Charlie
After many months of lockdown it was a great joy to be able to begin the process of reopening the retreat house to guests last week. After much planning and consultation the Community welcomed a small number of individually-guided retreatants for a retreat conducted by Oswin and Nicolas, as well as a few individuals who […]
Auction Update from Fr John
Although we had to postpone this year’s auction due to Covid, the good news is that we now have a date in mind for next year. It is some time off so we have around a year to prepare. We have some marvellous stuff and there is something for everyone. There are stamps, coins, rare […]
News from the Library
The Community has recently received an amazing addition to the Library collection. A generous donation has been revealed to be an extraordinarily beautiful book, full of fascinating illustrations from a collection belonging to the museum – Pinacoteca Vaticana. The book is a showcase for the ‘Light for Art’ project, where a new system of lighting […]
ROMANS 12.9-END, MATTHEW 16; 21-END
The texts set for today are among the most forceful in the whole New Testament, and the points they make among the most familiar. For that reason they have been taken up by preachers from earliest times, such as desert fathers. That doesn’t mean that they don’t need saying, again and again, and with the […]
You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Matt 16: 16.
Peter gets it absolutely right: Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. And yet, as we know, a few minutes later he shows he has not really understood. When Jesus speaks of betrayal, suffering and death he tries to stop him. We cannot blame Peter for that. We would have […]