Month: November 2015

• 30/11/2015

  Homily for the Solemnity of St Andrew

  If there were a litany of St Andrew perhaps it would go like this: fisherman in Galilee, son of John, brother of Simon Peter, disciple of John the Baptist, called […]

• 28/11/2015

  Pastoral Letter for the 1st Sunday of Advent

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Advent is here. It turns us to the coming of Christ, his three-fold coming:  as the child of Mary born in Bethlehem; as the […]

• 28/11/2015

  Homily for the Reception of the Daughters of Divine Love

  ‘The Lord is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds’ (Ps 145:13). And sometimes this comes home to us with force. What a good providence it […]

• 25/11/2015

  Homily for Solemnity of Christ the Universal King

  This is a feast with a lot to give us. It’s like the DVD of that line in the Apostles’ Creed: he ‘is seated at the right hand of God […]

• 07/11/2015

  Homily for the Re-dedication of Pluscarden Abbey Church

  We are a people who need comforting. So it is. I think if we just pause and feel ourselves, return to our hearts, we will sense this. There’s a great […]

• 03/11/2015

  Reflection for Scottish Parliament

  Presiding Officer, Ladies and Gentlemen, Before being bishop, I am a Benedictine monk.  It was thanks to an Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1560 that the monastery I lived in […]

• 01/11/2015

  Homily for All Saints

  My mother died on this feast 9 years ago. I admire her for her timing! This is a great feast. It’s beautifully timed itself. It comes after the feasts of […]