by Gerard Bennett | Dec 16, 2024 | Headline, Reflections from Fr Kieran
The scripture readings for this Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, seem to be a strange mix. We would expect the Gospel text to mirror the earlier readings, especially the first, which calls on the daughter of Zion to “shout for joy” (Zephaniah 3:14) and portrays God...
by Gerard Bennett | Nov 22, 2024 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
At a recent meeting of the friary “Open Space” discussion group, I led the discussion with some introductory comments on the mainly ethical implications of this contemporary phenomenon of a world divided by various ‘tribes’ or social groups, for example: Jews and...
by Gerard Bennett | Oct 29, 2024 | History
Fr Michael Gaynor OFM It is not known when Father Thomas Dillon, parish priest of Multyfarnham and Leney, died. He was living in 1751, but he was then an old man. Fr Michael Gaynor OFM, who succeeded to the parish on the death of Fr Dillon, assisted him during his...
by Gerard Bennett | Oct 29, 2024 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
Much of our daily use of language involves figurative speech, especially metaphors, which involve comparisons between two different, but in some way, related subjects. This feature of speech is meant to help us to draw out the meaning of some term, often in a...
by Gerard Bennett | Sep 28, 2024 | History
During the first half of the 18th century Franciscan life at Multyfarnham was as uneventful as the friars could make it. The friars could never forget that they had no legal status. As far as parliamentary legislation could make them such,...
