So we've had Abbot Cuthbert Brogan as The Vicar Of Bray
Now he appears to me as Deacon Brodie!
Like many whose life (and death!) have become mythologised, the real Deacon Brodie's life was surely more nuanced as presented in the work of deaconbrodie.com however in the myth Brodie designs the very Gallows from which he is eventually hung!
Perhaps our Extraordinary Abbot should be more mindful....
"Those Who Live By The Sword....."
There was a time when The Cistercians took the best of The Benedictines and made it better!
Now it would appear that they take the worst of The Benedictines and make it worse!
"I’ve been kicked out. Dumped. Given the boot. Ditched. Stabbed in the back. Whatever. By Dom Michael, Abbot of Bolton Abbey, Co Kildare.
Not, I hasten to add, because of something I did or did not do. But because … the Abbot of Mount Melleray, Co Waterford was - How shall I say? - XXXXXXX the XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX of a XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX in the XXXX XXXXXXX of the XXXXXXXXXX of his XXX XXXXXXXXX
How logical is that? Let alone, fair or even – Dare I say it? – Christian."
Read Peter's Story And Contribute Your Own To The Website
If you are unfamiliar with circumstances surrounding the resignation of the most recent Abbot Of Mount Melleray and are wondering to what all the XXX's might refer, then some of these Bishop Pat Buckley blogposts might inform.....because they certainly wont enlighten!!!!!
You might be thinking "What has all this to do with Abbot Brogan & F'bro Abbey?"
Well....probably nothing. But I consider we are all in this together. After all, the hierarchical "response" seems empirical!
Richard Purcell did study theology at Oxford
