Message of Abbot Paul - Monday 19th September 2022
Abbot Paul • September 19, 2022
Message from Fr Paul for Monday, 19th September 2022
It’s a sad day for us all as we lay our Beloved Queen to rest today. We are sad for ourselves and for our world at this time of uncertainty and confusion, yet it’s a sadness that through faith is transformed into thanksgiving for the past, hope for the present and joy for the future, for we cannot help but believe that Queen Elizabeth is with God, gracing the courts of heaven. From heaven may she continue to guide and protect us and urge us on to live according to God’s will as she did as a faithful follower and disciple of Jesus. Yesterday, after a very busy morning and short siesta, I was grateful to have some quiet time to myself and, using my iPad, tune into the BBC to join the crowds filing past Her Majesty lying in state. I was moved by their reverence and respect and was able to join them for an hour or so in prayer and, to be honest, veneration of a saint of our age. Today, together with the whole world, we we be present in spirit at her funeral and burial. May she rest in peace. Amen.
Br Meinrad and Br Gildas attend a special service with the Benedictine community of St Paul's Outside the Walls with King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Honesty and Love Before God: Pharisee and Tax Collector; Pope and King - a homily by Abbot Brendan for the 30th Sunday of the Year.
We are sad to announce that Fr Stephen died on Monday 21st October 2055. He was 94. He died peacefully in hospital, having recently fractured his shoulder. He was a beloved member of the monastic community, who had settled back at Belmont after many years on Belmont parishes, including in Abergavenny, Swansea, Hereford and Weobley. He will be much missed. His Requiem Mass will be at Belmont on Wednesday, 5th November at 11.30am followed by burial in the monastic cemetery. The Reception of his Body into the Abbey Church will take place on Tuesday, 4th November, at 5.45pm.
With honoured guests we were delighted to open our doors again of our new guesthouse and conference centre: The Chapterhouse.
"A hymn to the human body." Abbot Brendan's Homily at the annual Mass celebrated at Rotherwas Chapel in Hereford that dates from the 1580s on the feast of the Assumption.
From Francis to Leo: A special event with Christopher Lamb of CNN in conversation with Austin Ivereigh who commentated for the BBC on the transition from Pope Francis to Pope Leo.
On 12th June an Ecumenical Service was held at Hereford Cathedral to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea.
