Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for Pentecost Sunday
In the northern hemisphere, Christmas hallows winter, Easter hallows spring and Pentecost summer. In the beginning, the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, hovered over the waters, and […]
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Homily for the Ordination of Graeme Morrison to the Permanent Diaconate
Here we are in Moray, Banffshire. And at this time of year, we may easily see a field of barley and a burn running beside it. But who first imagined […]
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Platinum Jubilee Message
Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB of the Diocese of Aberdeen congratulates Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on the joyful occasion of her
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Homily for the Ascension of the Lord
“As he blessed them, he withdrew from them…” (Lk 24:51). We can feel uncomfortable with the Lord’s Ascension: a body floating skyward, carried by clouds. But we needn’t.
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Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Easter
Today is … what Sunday? Yes, indeed, Divine Mercy Sunday, but much else too. First of all, it is the 2nd Sunday of Easter. We can call it a 2nd […]
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Homily for Easter Sunday
What do we say today, Easter Sunday? It’s something so simple, so great, so good. Firmly, joyfully, we say Christ is risen, Alleluia. And we can add the Eastern Christian […]
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Homily for the Easter Vigil
Brothers and Sisters, we’ve come to the high point of the Paschal Triduum. On Maundy Thursday, we were made aware of the gift of the Eucharist. On Good Friday, of […]
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Homily for Good Friday
Yesterday evening, we were made aware of the gift of the Eucharist; today of the gift of the Cross. It is the gift of God the Father, lifted up over […]
