Month: December 2021
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Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
One of the great privileges of being a priest is friendship with families. It’s a gift, to be allowed in, as it were, to see something of the daily life […]
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Homily for Christmas Day
In a recent email to friends, a monk – one of my brethren – wrote, “What happens every Christmas has happened again.”
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Homily for the Mass of Christmas Night
He’s arrived. It’s happened. He’s here. Sent from God the Father, Inscribed in creation from the beginning, Prophesied in Israel, Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, […]
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Public Worship
At the beginning of Advent, the Bishops of Scotland looked forward to welcoming the faithful back to Holy Mass and anticipated that the restoration of the Sunday Obligation might be […]
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Synod Update
Over the last couple of weeks, our diocesan synodal team had the wonderful opportunity to meet remotely with its new members, the facilitators of synod meetings from each of our […]
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Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
As I am sure you know Liam McArthur MSP is purposing to introduce an “assisted dying” Member’s Bill – take a moment and just think about what does “assisted dying” […]
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Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Today we are close to Christmas. Expectancy is in the air. “Drop down dew from above, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Just One; let the earth […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent
These are dark days. I don’t mean in the north of Scotland in the middle of December. I mean in the world and for the world. It is in a […]
