Fr. Peter Kelly had been a very good friend of our community for over 40 years.
On his diaconal Ordination retreat in 1982, he served as Mitre-bearer to Bishop Mario Conti, as he was ordaining our Frs. Hugh and Anselm to the sacred Priesthood. His fellow Crozier-bearer for that occasion was a youthful Peter de Klerk, staying in the monastery to enquire about vocational prospects. That crozier-bearer entered the monastery soon afterwards, and remains now as our Br. Michael.
Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it? (Is 43:19)
In today’s first reading we heard a brief passage from Isaiah, Chapter 43. Isaiah here speaks in the language of poetry. His words are evocative, musical, stirring: to be savoured and pondered slowly. Clearly they point beyond themselves. We take them very seriously, because we hold them also to be true, and from God.
Behold, I am doing a new thing, now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it? (Is 43:19)
In today’s first reading we heard a brief passage from Isaiah, Chapter 43. Isaiah here speaks in the language of poetry. His words are evocative, musical, stirring: to be savoured and pondered slowly. Clearly they point beyond themselves. We take them very seriously, because we hold them also to be true, and from God.
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