Andrew Brookes
Fr. Andrew Brookes works in the House of Saint Albert the Great in Edinburgh.
andrew.brookes@english.op.org
Why pray to God?
Br Andrew Brookes, one of the Dominicans students (and thus contributors to Godzdogz) at Blackfriars, Oxford, concludes the priory's God
Stations of the Cross: The body of Jesus is taken down from the Cross
Br. Andrew Brookes offers a reflection on the Thirteenth Station of the Cross, specially recorded for Godzdogz this Lent 2013:
Lent week 5, Thursday. Mad, Bad or God?
Gen 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9; Jn 8:51-59.Consider this problem. If someone were presented to you as claiming to be divine, or
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent – Forgiveness – quality or quantity?
Daniel 3:25, 34-43; Ps 24; Matthew 18:21-35.Seven is a perfect number in Jewish symbolic thinking. So Peter thought he was
St David, Patron of Wales
Philippians 3:8-14; Ps 1; Mt 5:13-16.The earliest substantial account of St David that we have access to is the Buchedd
Feast of the Chair of St Peter: Binding and loosing on earth and in heaven.
1 Peter 5:1-4; Ps 23; Mt 16:13-19. Today’s feast is very important despite its name perhaps suggesting it is merely about
Saturday after Ash Wednesday – Lenten Sabbath
Readings: Isaiah 58:9-14; Psalm 85 (86); Luke 5:27-32The reading from Isaiah is the second, lesser well known, section of
Aquinas Lecture, 2013: Matthew Levering – ‘Aquinas & the Gospel’
On 30th January Blackfriars held its annual Aquinas Lecture. This year the speaker was Matthew Levering, Professor of Religious
Councils of Faith: Constantinople IV (869-70)
This council was centred around whether Photius ought, or ought not, to be Patriarch of Constantinople. It involved clear political
Lord of lords and King of kings – enthroned in a manger!
Luke 2:1- 20. Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus begins with a reference to Augustus Caesar (v 1). It
A Virgin will Conceive …
Isa 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-6; Lk 1:26-38. Also Mt 1:18-25. It is interesting that the liturgy places the reading of Isaiah’s prophecy
Visit to Stonor Park
On December 1st the Dominican Students visited Stonor Park, nestled in the Chilterns, near Henley in South Oxfordshire. It