November 2024

Sermon for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Leave a Comment / Sermons / /

Scripture Readings

I wonder what the disciples were thinking when they asked Jesus about when his prophecy of the destruction of the temple would come about, and what signs they should look for. Such a massive building erected over so many years: Was there perhaps some scepticism in their questioning? How could it all be destroyed so completely?

We know that the temple was in fact destroyed some years later. The unthinkable did happen. The centre of their practice of faith, the place where heaven and earth came together, where God was most surely to be found, was no more. They should have asked another question: What will we do then? Where will we find God afterwards?

What do we do when what we had thought to be the centre of our world, the source of our security, is no more?

…

Sermon for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after PentecostRead More »

Sermon for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Read More »

Reflection for Sunday 10 November 2024 by Br Aelred

Leave a Comment / Sermons / /

Scripture Readings

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

Before I entered this beautiful and wonderful community, I worked full-time at my local parish while going through discernment, whether for ordination or joining this blessed community. While working at the parish, I got myself quite busy.

As I continued my discernment, one day I was journaling and one line of what I was writing stood out to me. It was the following: I believe I’ve become so busy with the work of the Lord that I am afraid I am heading on a road where I will be forgetting the Lord of the work.

…

Reflection for Sunday 10 November 2024 by Br AelredRead More »

Reflection for Sunday 10 November 2024 by Br Aelred Read More »

October 2024 News

Leave a Comment / News from the Priory / /

Br Aelred led a weekend retreat for a group of lay ministers from St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Steenberg. His input was appreciated, and the group attended chapel prayers with the Brothers, some of whom made themselves available for individual spiritual accompaniment, together with Rev Wilma.

Brs Josias and Roger travelled to Mariannhill Monastery in KZN to attend the annual meeting of the ACSA Religious Life Council, together with representatives from most of the other Anglican religious communities in southern Africa as well as the new Liaison Bishop, Bp VV Mnculwane. It was good to share the experiences of religious life together with prayer and fellowship.

…

October 2024 NewsRead More »

October 2024 News Read More »

Homily by Br Luc for Sunday, November 3, 2024 – Proper 26 B

2 Comments / Sermons / /

Scripture Readings

May God our Father, who has brought us together again this morning to feed us by His Word and Sacrament, be praised! Our readings today direct us towards love.

Character is defined by the Merriam Webster dictonary as “the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, a group or nation”. Character can therefore be understood as the pattern of behavior or personality found in an individual or a group. For our purpose this morning, we shall deal with the Individual, bearing in mind that a group cannot be without individuals.

One’s character is related to how reliable and honest one is. If someone is of good character, they are reliable and honest. If they are of bad character, they are unreliable and dishonest. However, character is mostly used in a positive way to mean qualities that are admirable, interesting and unusual.

…

Homily by Br Luc for Sunday, November 3, 2024 – Proper 26 BRead More »

Homily by Br Luc for Sunday, November 3, 2024 – Proper 26 B Read More »

Scroll to Top