Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
There’s something simple and beautiful about today. An angel speaks to a girl and she listens. And more, of course. “The Word himself was waiting on her word” (Malcolm Guite), […]
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Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent
During his life the Lord did many extraordinary things. To follow just the Gospel of John, he turned water into wine, he healed the son of an official from a […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent and the 1st Scrutiny
Today our “elect”, those preparing for baptism at Easter, are “given” the Creed. We will all recite it for them to hear. We are playing the part of Mother Church. […]
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What is Benedictine Spirituality and can it help Laypeople?
Notes of a Talk at the Chaplaincy of the University of Aberdeen, 2 March 2026. Throughout history, the Lord raises up figures who become luminaries for others, guides to the […]
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Station Mass for Friday after Ash Wednesday – Enrolment of the Elect
Today’s Collect is a good one, and it began like this: “O God who, though you are ever the cause of the salvation of the human race now gladden your […]
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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, […]
