Author: Bp Hugh Gilbert OSB

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    This is a wonderful Gospel. And like every Gospel reading it goes beyond itself; it includes us. Jesus at this point in the Gospel according to Mark, for some three […]

  • Pastoral Letter for 23rd August 2015

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last Tuesday, Revd. Dr. Andrew McLellan published his Commission’s Report, a review of current Safeguarding policies, procedures and practice within the Catholic Church in […]

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