Fr. Bede Camera, O.S.B.

Bede Camera, O.S.B. is a monk of Saint Anselm Abbey in Manchester, NH. He is currently retired. In the past he has served as a Pastor, College Professor (Fine Arts), Founder and director of the Saint Anselm College Choir, and spiritual mentor. At the present time he serves as a composer-in-residence for the Abbey and as Choirmaster. 


 


Email: BCamera@Anselm.Edu

Latest Articles By Fr. Bede Camera, O.S.B.
Endurance in times of suffering
Endurance in times of suffering
I don’t need to know you personally to know that you have had to endure “persecutions and afflictions” in your life. Big one’s perhaps, or even things that may seem trivial to other but which have irked and disturbed you: the neighbor’s dog eats your flowers, the monk next to me in choir sings off-key, the fact that your boss doesn’t appreciate the quality of your work,
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Commentary on the opening verses of Psalm 40
Commentary on the opening verses of Psalm 40
There are many other ways to study and contemplate the psalms, but for the sake of this article, I have chosen to consider the beauty of God’s loving care for us as demonstrated in the opening verses of Psalm 40.
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Love to the loveless shown
Love to the loveless shown
God’s love for you and for me is so great that at the lowest point in our lives, at the moment when we have found ourselves to be the most despicable, in a time of bitter and tragic failure when weakness and sin had all but annihilated us or when we have done inestimable harm to others—at precisely that moment, the God Who is Love, through his suffering and death, reached down to us from the cross
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We are the poor, the needy, the captives and the blind
We are the poor, the needy, the captives and the blind
We need to look at ourselves and understand that in so many ways, we are the poor. What was your life like before you were seized by Jesus Christ? What would it be like if you rejected Him?
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We are not Love but we can evolve
We are not Love but we can evolve
A close reading of the “love chapter” in 1 Corinthians 13 reveals to us our own personal inadequacy. And that’s a good thing, even if it makes us squirm a bit. Whenever or wherever we become aware of our own shortcomings we are receiving an invitation to let the grace and mercy of God enter into our lives in a new way. For this reason, it’s good to use the passage as an examination of conscience.
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