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Born in Berkshire, Br Daniel was raised in the Faith in a Benedictine parish. Before entering the novitiate in 2018, he read Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge where he remained to complete a doctorate in Theoretical Physics. His years of study confirmed a love for the contemplative life, but also theological debate with those of different world views. C. S. Lewis, St Augustine, and Pope Benedict XVI were formative influences as an undergraduate, whilst more recently he has enjoyed exploring Dante, the twelfth-century Cistercians, and Eastern spiritual theology.
daniel.rowlands@english.op.org

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Quodlibets | We pray in the Roman Canon of the Mass: “command that we be delivered from eternal damnation”. A

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By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P. | The divine life simply cannot be clung to and possessed as a prize, but

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By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P. | To borrow from St Gregory Nazianzen, in a turn of phrase much loved

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By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P. | All three comings of Christ described by St Bernard seem to be represented in

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By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P. | Br Daniel reflects on the life and work of Fr Conrad Pepler OP,

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By Daniel Benedict Rowlands | With each Ave, we are drawn to share in the Blessed Mother's subversive work, that work

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