Benedict Gordon is a teacher; a Catholic convert; and a lover of sacred music, traditional liturgy, and scotch. He is based at the end of the Earth — beautiful New Zealand.
Author: Benedict Gordon

The Mystery of Candlemas: Fourth Joyful Mystery
They negated themselves in obedience to God’s law, a point worth emphasising for our own lives, especially in a time in which Christ’s specific commands have come to be considered ‘ideals’ beyond actual obedience.

The Old Covenant: Abolished? Abrogated? Kaput?
The Old Covenant is not abolished. All our male children are circumcised on the eighth day (Lev. 12:3). We make sure to do no work on the seventh day, and we put to death whoever does any work (Ex. 35:2). …