Category: benson

  • The Virtues of the Name JESUS

    From the Book, For the Love of Jesus, compiled by Robert Hugh Benson in 1906. Introduction IF thou wilt to be with God, and to have grace to rule thy life, and to come to the joy of love; this name Jesu – fasten it so fast in thine heart , that it come never…

  • A Devotion on the Symbols of the Passion

    A Devotion on the Symbols of the Passion

    From A Book of the Love of Jesus, A Collection of Ancient English Devotions in Prose and Verse, compiled and Edited by Fr Robert Hugh Benson (1915). Retrieved from the Archive, here. I’ve not edited the text at all so some of the words may include off-puttings, odd-spellings, or punctuations. O VERNACLE I honour him…

  • None other Gods

    ✙ JMJ The Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (B2) Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 Non habebis deos alienos coram me.Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. There are spoilers in this essay relating to the plot line of a very good book. But the book was published 100 years ago, so…