Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany
Today being the Epiphany, we remember especially the magi and how they came from the east to worship the new-born King of the Jews. If Christ’s birth had been set […]
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Homily for the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism
Today, what happens? What’s happeneing by the Jordan? There are many engaging answers to be had. I just want to focus on one. By being baptised in the Jordan, the […]
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Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
One of the great privileges of being a priest is friendship with families. It’s a gift, to be allowed in, as it were, to see something of the daily life […]
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Homily for Christmas Day
In a recent email to friends, a monk – one of my brethren – wrote, “What happens every Christmas has happened again.”
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Homily for the Mass of Christmas Night
He’s arrived. It’s happened. He’s here. Sent from God the Father, Inscribed in creation from the beginning, Prophesied in Israel, Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, […]
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Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Today we are close to Christmas. Expectancy is in the air. “Drop down dew from above, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Just One; let the earth […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent
These are dark days. I don’t mean in the north of Scotland in the middle of December. I mean in the world and for the world. It is in a […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King
Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year, the Solemnity of Christ the Universal King. This feast makes a resounding end to our journey from last Advent to now.
