Aelred's Sin (2014)
“The monks have gone to Sext. I make the rhythm of their day, his day, my day. I notice the young monks - not many of them now. The community is much smaller than when J. M. was here. The youth of today don’t come in their numbers any more. But I hear a passion in those voices. They breathe in, breathe out, young voices, old voices. And in the ‘Salve Regina’ at Compline last night, pitched in the darkness, their voices reached to the heights of the nave. What is this all about? He called it pass...ion. When I think of J. M., just nineteen, think of all that has happened, I can’t accept that this is the way for young men to grow. But I will keep an open mind, as Joe asks. I will. Has Joe got an open mind? I ask myself.
What Benedict and J. M. had they tried to keep well within the limits of Aelred of Rievaulx’s theology of friendship. Even I can see that, though I find it strange to think of a medieval saint advocating it would seem, homosexual love, in thought at least, if not in deed.MoreLess
What Benedict and J. M. had they tried to keep well within the limits of Aelred of Rievaulx’s theology of friendship. Even I can see that, though I find it strange to think of a medieval saint advocating it would seem, homosexual love, in thought at least, if not in deed.MoreLess
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