by Gerard Bennett | Jan 17, 2025 | Reflections from Fr Kieran
As we begin a new year, with its traditional resolutions, I thought it would be beneficial to check that our new year resolutions are in accordance with God’s will? And by this, I don’t mean some general sense applying to all Christians, but to the particular calling...
by Gerard Bennett | Dec 16, 2024 | 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...
