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Ad Maiestatem - Volume 3 brings a poetic trilogy to its final and most searching chapter. Written as a lived journal in verse, this volume follows a Catholic priest through upheaval, displacement, formation, and finally into silence.
The journey begins in Carthusian solitude and moves through Rome and Italy during a period of deep instability. The author is sent from his original Irish Abbey, later demolished, into uncertainty. He witnesses the collapse of community life, continues his doctoral research in Rome, and advances through perpetual vows, the diaconate, and priesthood. Assignments shift. Communities fracture. Foundations once thought secure begin to fall away.
The poems do not dramatize events for effect; they record them as they were lived. They trace the tension between obedience and the longing for solitude, between communal vows and the call of the hermitage. That tension becomes central. One moment stands out: the warning that a desire for solitude might cost him solemn vows. The struggle is real, and it shapes the voice of the book.
As the Italian community near Siena is dismantled, the path turns homeward. With the support of Bishop Michael Smith, the author settles among the ruins of the ancient monastery at Duleek, founded in 450 AD by St Cianan, a disciple of St Patrick. There, amid stone and silence, the collection closes. The final poems carry a different tone: peace after uncertainty, stability after collapse, serenity earned rather than imagined.
The title Ad Maiestatem means "Unto Majesty." Every page directs the reader toward the Majesty of Christ. The Kingship of Christ stands at the centre of the work. Earthly authority rises and falls; Christ reigns without end. The book reflects deeply on the Feast of Christ the King, on divine sovereignty, on judgment, and on the accountability of nations and rulers. Political power is temporary. Christ's rule is eternal.
The liturgy is presented not as a symbol but as participation in heavenly worship. The Mass is sacrificial, mystical, and transformative. Heaven and earth meet in worship. The Church appears as the visible sign of Christ's reign in history, grounded in apostolic continuity and sacramental life.
The poems present their content through natural elements which transform into supernatural elements. The work treats Guardian Angels and Eucharistic miracles and the Italian statues which bleed and the Sacred Head of Christ meditations with both reverence and doctrinal respect. The display shows actual events which connect to a theological framework developed through Scripture and Church Fathers and Catholic sacramental theology.
The work features multiple languages which include English and Welsh and French and Italian and Latin poetry that shows his adventures through different European traditions. The work contains visual elements and links to audio recordings which the author created from his YouTube channel that features locations where the verses were originally composed.
This piece of writing does not belong to the category of fiction. The work does not serve as social commentary. The work does not express devotional sentimentality. The author created the work as a theological framework which he developed through their actual life experiences. The text delivers knowledge about Christ the King theology and liturgy and ecclesiology to both clergy and theology students and readers who want to understand these subjects better.
The message presents its main idea which states that Christ controls all authority while all history proceeds toward His ultimate judgment and all worship prepares for His everlasting kingdom.
