Author: RCDA
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Priestly Ordinations of Christopher and Malachy
Reflecting on church services that have adapted and taken place during the midst of the pandemic, during the lockdown last year in 2020, St Mary’s Cathedral in Aberdeen were delighted to […]
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Homily for the Priestly Ordinations of Christopher and Malachy
“Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell in the midst of you.” These are good and apposite words for today. We have been short of singing […]
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Homily for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Sea Sunday)
This is a timely Gospel. In it Jesus sends the Twelve out on mission – for the first time. He summons them to himself, sends them out two by two […]
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Homily for the Feast of our Lady of Aberdeen
“Woman, behold, your son” (Jn 19:26). On the Cross, our Lord gave to his mother the disciple he loved, the one closest to him. In doing that, he opened the […]
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Ordination of Deacon Malachy Eze and Deacon Chris Doig
Please remember in your prayers Deacons Christopher Doig and Malachy Eze who will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Hugh Gilbert in St Mary’s Cathedral this Friday, 16th July […]
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Homily for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
In July 1974, I was visiting Pluscarden Abbey, and the readings were those of today. The monk who was celebrating preached on the line in the 2nd reading, 2 Corinthians […]
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Homily for 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
“The love of Christ overwhelms us”, says St Paul is today’s 2nd reading. He is talking about Christ’s love for us, shown in his self-giving on the Cross. His talking […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
In a poem, John Keats imagines the first Europeans to discover the Pacific Ocean. He’s thinking of the 16th c. Spanish conquistadores, Cortez and his men. They don’t even know […]
