Author: Bp Hugh Gilbert OSB

  • Diaconal Ordination of Dominic Nwaigwe

    Today is the feast of the Triumph or Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and, dear Dominic, your diaconal ordination. It’s a good combination. And the Gospel says: “The Son of […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption

    Today’s feast brings to mind an episode in the life of the Apostle Paul. It occurs during his second missionary journey, some twenty years after our Lord’s death and resurrection. […]

  • Homily for 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

    We continue with Jesus’ Discourse on the Bread of Life from John ch. 6. Our Lord is saying amazing things.

  • Homily for 18th Sunday of the Year, B

    ‘Lord, give us this bread always’. Brothers and Sisters, for a few Sundays in this Year B, the Liturgy turns away from the Gospel of Mark and back to the […]

  • Homily for the Requiem of Canon Charles Stanley (1933-2018)

    Today we are offering Canon Stanley’s soul to the mercy of God and his body to Mother Earth. And so he makes his final journey. And we accompany him with […]

  • Homily for the Ordination:

    The Ordination of Douglas Duncan to the Diaconate and of Emmet O’Dowd and Rafał Szweda to the Priesthood Stories about a Scotsman, an Irishman and a Pole are not in fashion […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of Ss Peter and Paul

    Today we remember two great figures of Christianity, known well beyond its borders. Two lamp stands burning before the Lord; two olive trees; two founding fathers of our faith. Two […]

  • Homily for the Birth of St John the Baptist

    Today we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist, Jesus’ forerunner. The Bible is full of birth stories. There’s birth upon birth, often with a touch of the dramatic and […]

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