Author: RCDA

• 12/12/2020

  Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent

  This is an Advent more full than usual of fears and hopes. The grace of Advent is that it sifts these, orders them, purifies them, teaching us to discard where […]

• 11/12/2020

  Homily for St Andrew the Apostle

  Who was he? A 1st c. Jew, a Galilean, born in Bethsaida, son of a certain John or Jonas, brother of Simon Peter. Like him he was a fisherman by […]

• 08/12/2020

  Our Lady Of Aberdeen Book – Reprinted

  “Our Lady of Aberdeen” is the name given in Scotland to a remarkable statue which was saved from destruction in Aberdeen during the Reformation. For sixty-five years it was hidden […]

• 30/11/2020

  Light of the North Advent Issue

  Welcome to our new online version of the Light of the North! The presentation of the magazine is rather different for this issue with some exciting new features, including embedded […]

• 28/11/2020

  Pastoral Letter for 1st Sunday of Advent, 2020

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Peace be with you! As Advent begins I want to greet you, to send you my blessing as we all begin a new liturgical […]

• 26/11/2020

  Christmas Church Attendance

  As we approach the Christmas season, parishioners throughout the diocese have been asking about arrangements for Masses over the festive period and in light of recent Scottish Government guidance surrounding […]

• 23/11/2020

  Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the Universal King

  If I were asked to name the final chorus of Handel’s Messiah, I might answer with the Hallelujah Chorus. But no; that concludes part two of 3three. The final chorus, […]

• 19/11/2020

  ACN’s #RedWednesday Campaign

  ACN’s #RedWednesday Campaign which will take place on Wednesday 25th November 2020. This is the day set aside by Aid to the Church in Need to remember and pray for persecuted Christians. Approximately […]