by Gerard Bennett | Jun 7, 2022 | Homilies
The Holy Spirit is probably the hardest person of the Blessed Trinity to envisage. Father and Son are more familiar images and more easily relatable to than a dove or fire, or wisdom. Granted, there are other more personal images used in the Gospels, such as a...
by Gerard Bennett | May 25, 2022 | Homilies
During his last supper with his disciples, Jesus is concerned about what will happen to them when he leaves. As one theologian put it, “Jesus had the unmitigated gall to leave his friends, not once, but twice – first on Calvary and then when he ascended to his...
by Gerard Bennett | May 12, 2022 | History
King Henry VIII, failing to convince the Pope to annul his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, renounced the supreme authority of the Pope in religious matters and had himself declared supreme head of the Church in England. As Henry was also Lord of Ireland, he claimed...
by Gerard Bennett | May 9, 2022 | Homilies
We come now to the concluding section of the Lord’s discourse on the bread of life in the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel. Up to this, the rejection of his message has come mainly from the religious authorities, but now it is the disciples who are scandalised by his...
by Gerard Bennett | May 2, 2022 | From the pen of John O'Brien OFM
Edward Lorenz is a scientist who studied weather patterns. Even as a boy he was fascinated by the weather. He was intrigued by weather prediction. With the advent of computers, he saw the chance to combine mathematics and meteorology. By the early 1960s he was able to...
