Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Diaconal Ordination of René Ko Delos Reyes
Dear René, how amazing God’s providence, how wonderful his ways. How extraordinary you should be here, close to St Thomas More’s mulberry tree, in a seminary christened by the blood […]
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Homily for Ash Wednesday
Can I begin with a scene from Scripture? Adam and Eve have just sinned, and they hear “the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool […]
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Homily for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time
“Longing for light, we wait in darkness” goes the hymn. Well, we do. The light is coming, we know, the mornings a little earlier and the dark a little later, […]
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Homily for 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
We’ve just heard the Beatitudes. It’s a big moment. “Jesus went up on the mountain.” If any of you have been to Galilee, you’ll know that what’s identified the Mount […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
Today, we have a chance to go to Bethlehem again, following the shepherds, to keep a second, 8th day Christmas. Today, eight days after birth, our Lord is circumcised, enlisted […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today, brothers and sisters, is the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Green Time), and finally SS Jesus / SS Messiah leaves the quiet harbour of Nazareth and sets sail on […]
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Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today has been called Hangover Sunday – a spiritual hangover from Christmas and Epiphany! It’s the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, but it’s actually a second version – especially in […]
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Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form or void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of […]
