Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | The Christian Review

Millennial Medievalists: Lacking Ingenuity

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Jun 28, 2016 | Catholic Church, Culture, History, Liturgy, Music |

Do secular and devout millennials borrow from the Dark and Middle Ages because they lack the ingenuity to produce new forms of art? Hopefully, they will make progress by the Holy Spirit.

Saint Paul at the Meeting of Athens and Jerusalem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | May 15, 2016 | Catholic Church, Culture, Ethics, Faith, History, Saints |

Christopher Dawson taught that every religion embodies an attitude to life and a conception of reality, and any change in these brings with it a change in the whole character of the culture. Thus, the prophet and the religious reformer are perhaps the greatest of all agents of social change.

Love and Lord

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | May 14, 2016 | Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Friendship, Liturgy, Poetry, Psychology, Spirituality |

Yet surely, You are Love and Lord.
Your Light unseen has shone.
To gather us in one accord,
You make Your Presence known.

The Voice – A Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Apr 26, 2016 | Featured, Literature, Poetry, Spirituality |

Initial pulses jotting out/ Sequential phrases yet in disarray,/ Like careless comets crossing starry skies,/ Their fleeting flying splendor falls from sight.

The Eucatastrophe of Easter

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Mar 27, 2016 | Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Friendship, Liturgy, Saints, Scripture, Spirituality |

A “eucatastrophe” is a sudden, unexpected and widespread turn for the good.

The Weathered Fence – A Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Mar 19, 2016 | Family, Featured, Poetry, Psychology, Spirituality |

The limit of our liberty To shape ourselves the way we choose Is much like weather’s destiny, Imposed with scarce a thing to lose.
Though old and gray, I am embraced By nature, like a vibrant vine. That’s why my background may be faced, Fermented like an aged wine.

Why Catholic? Because. . . .

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Mar 2, 2016 | Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Poetry, Spirituality |

. . . community is better than individuality,
reaping is more joyful than sowing,
spirits are more substantial than bodies,
eternity is more perfect than time.

Lourdes – A Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Feb 18, 2016 | Catholic Church, Culture, Featured, Poetry, Spirituality |

Weathered faces/ shielding/ Pilgrim’s faith unyielding.

The Advent Wreath — a Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Dec 3, 2015 | Catholic Church, Christmas, Featured, Poetry |

The Advent Wreath The Word was sent to call us to repent And to the holy faith assent, But now we...

A Preacher — A Poem

Posted by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Aug 6, 2015 | Catholic Church, Culture, Faith, Featured, Homiletics, Poetry |

The caster seldom sees the crops that grow,
Yet trusting his brethren and the One who prunes,
He performs his part among many who sow,
Until the dawn of sheaves and playful tunes!