Affirmation Culture
My first sight of the beautiful Abbey Church at Buckfast in March. I spent a lovely couple of days at Buckfast Abbey on the 24th & 25th March at the Guild of Our Lady & St. Joseph's day on the New Evangelisation ( see here ). Archbishop Rino Fisichella was due to give a talk o n ‘A new phase of Evangelisation in the thought of Pope Francis’ but was unwell and so couldn't make it. Instead, the text of the talk was delivered by our wonderful Chaplain, Fr. Guy de Gaynesford and you can read the full text here . Fr. Guy, addressing the Guild on Tuesday night, spoke of it existing in itself as an act of love for God. It is our action, our love for Him that has created it. This got me thinking about discipleship, relationship with God, and the necessity of capitulation in our spiritual lives in general. This process of metanoia is the first call of the Bible. In Genesis, we see how it is man's arrogance before God that leads to The Fall . The pivotal story between...