Author: Bp Hugh Gilbert OSB

• 02/01/2018

  Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

  Today’s Liturgy is full of good things. It helps us begin our New Year under the protection of God’s blessing. It helps us set our compass. Let’s look at what […]

• 01/01/2018

  Feast of the Holy Family

  The Bible is full of families. It begins with a couple, and mentions three of their children: Cain, Abel and Seth. The story of the people of Israel begins with […]

• 31/12/2017

  Homily for Christmas Day, 2017

  We’ve come to Bethlehem. We’ve heard the words of the angels: ‘Glory to God in the highest’. We’ve come down from the hills and found the cave in the rock […]

• 30/12/2017

  Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass

  How good to be in Bethlehem again! How good to be around the Crib!

• 24/12/2017

  Christmas Message

  Christmas Message from Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB:  

• 23/12/2017

  Pastoral Letter for 4th Sunday of Advent

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May I wish you all a joyful Christmas and a good New Year. May I also thank you each and all for your faith […]

• 10/11/2017

  Homily for the Funeral of Dom Adrian Walker, OSB

  In today’s Gospel (from St John), and others we have been hearing recently at weekday Mass (from St Luke), our Lord has been saying the one, same thing: ‘you are […]

• 13/08/2017

  Homily for 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time

  The Gospel we’ve just heard is surely one of the most vivid and gripping of them all. It would make a great sequence in a film. It’s crammed with symbolism, […]