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"Today the concept of truth is viewed with suspicion, because truth is identified with violence. Over history there have, unfortunately, been episodes when people sought to defend the truth with violence. But they are two contrasting realities. Truth cannot be imposed with means other than itself! Truth can only come with its own light. Yet, we need truth. ... Without truth we are blind in the world, we have no path to follow. The great gift of Christ was that He enabled us to see the face of God".Pope Benedict xvi, February 24th, 2012

The Church is ecumenical, catholic, God-human, ageless, and it is therefore a blasphemy—an unpardonable blasphemy against Christ and against the Holy Ghost—to turn the Church into a national institution, to narrow her down to petty, transient, time-bound aspirations and ways of doing things. Her purpose is beyond nationality, ecumenical, all-embracing: to unite all men in Christ, all without exception to nation or race or social strata. - St Justin Popovitch

Monday 28 May 2012

ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY

Today, Monday, May 28th, is the feast of St Augustine of Canterbury, first Archbishop of Canterbury, and Patron Saint of the English Benedictine Congregation to which Belmont Abbey (and our monastery at Pachacamac on the outskirts of Lima) belong
The first video is a short life of St Augustine of Canterbury.   The second is a tour of Canterbury Cathedral; anf the third is a full length BBC programme on the Murder of St Thomas a Becket, put here because it is so good.
 PLEASE PRAY FOR MONASTICISM IN ENGLAND AND FOR CHRISTIANITY IN OUR ISLAND

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