Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
It’s always good to keep this feast. It seals the summer, somehow. If we lived out in the Scottish countryside and not in a city, we’d see the fields of […]
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Homily for the Silver Jubilee of Monastic Profession of Br Daneil Morphy OSB
Today we thank the Lord and Br Daniel for his 25 years of monastic profession. 25 years is a third of a life, normally speaking; not a small amount. Br […]
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Homily for the Diocesan Pilgrimage
Although Ss. Peter and Paul lived 2000 years ago, we can feel we know them. Two distinct personalities, two different characters, but – here’s the point – both transformed by […]
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Homily for the Priestly Ordination of Deacon Aidan Matheson
Dear Aidan, this is good. In recent years, our diocese has been blessed with laity and clergy from elsewhere. What an enrichment this has been! But it’s good to know […]
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Homily for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Brothers and Sisters, we are in this Jubilee Year, with its motto, Pilgrims of Hope. Let’s keep in our prayers two groups of young people from our diocese: one in […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Birth of St John the Baptist
The angel told Zechariah that his son would be “great” and the Lord himself called him the “greatest born of woman”. The Liturgy takes the same view. In our Roman […]
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Homily for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
It’s striking how today’s readings focus on what we call the Prayer of Petition, the prayer of asking. The prayer the Lord teaches us is all asking: 7 petitions in […]
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Homily for 16th Sunday of the Year
Brothers and Sisters, isn’t it striking that we should be hearing readings about hospitality this very weekend? I’m thinking of the Tall Ships. Aberdeen is being Abraham to so many […]
