Measuring the days of our lives – the Irish Catholic

All the time belongs to him: Seasons and holidays Lord,

By Hugh Gilbert OSB

(Gracewing, £ 20.00 / £ 23.99)

This book is quite contrast to Ben Harrison’s spiritual adventures. The author Hugh Gilbert OSB was a Benedictine monk of Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin, in Morey in Northern Scotland. This is surprising given the religious history of the UK, a community “living in the only medieval British monastery that is still used for its original purpose.”

Bishop

In 2011, however, Hugh Gilbert was elected by Pope Francis as Bishop of Aberdeen. He chose as a motto the phrase of St. Paul’s Omnia in the ISPS, “All things are kept together in Christ” – an idea that echoes a lot, which is said in Ben Harrison’s book.

Bishop Gilbert is aware of the ruling hours of the monastic day, week and year. There is time and place for everything, with everything in its place – what a contrast with the rather chaotic life that seems to be many of us look today.

These sermons, preached by Hugh Gilbert Bishop of Aberdeen, are just as conscious of the canonical divisions of the year in their regular circle, regular in the sense of being structured.

In earlier times, such collections were very popular, but since the nineteenth century they faded in importance.

This book is mainly a collection of sermons, covering the course of the whole church year. In earlier times, such collections were very popular, but since the nineteenth century they faded in importance.

So, although at one time they represented some of the best teachers they had to have and were widely read as such, today it really rarely finds people who go out of their way to read sermons. In fact, the huge collection of homiletic literature from the 17th century is housed in the central Catholic library of Merion Square is slightly summoned.

But Bishop Gilbert, while applying these former forms of mind, is also a bishop of today. It is clearly expressed and encouraging in a modern way. There will be many people who will actually find his style, and the treatment is much more than what they receive every Sunday in their local church.

Nowadays, when bishops seem to be considered more as administrators than teachers or defenders, this book seems very refreshing traditional. As the completed work of the pastoral teaching, all time belongs to it, it can be recommended warmly.

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