Bp Hugh Gilbert

  • Fratelli Tutti

    Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB reflects on Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’   FULL TEXT Introduction Fratelli tutti. It sounds like a flavour of ice cream, but it is of course […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the Universal King

    If I were asked to name the final chorus of Handel’s Messiah, I might answer with the Hallelujah Chorus. But no; that concludes part two of 3three. The final chorus, […]

  • Homily for 33rd Sunday of the Year

    Our liturgical year is drawing to its close. Next Sunday is the solemnity of Christ the Universal King. Then the Sunday after the cycle begins again with Advent. This steady […]

  • Homily for 32nd Sunday of the Year

    This is a thought-provoking time of the liturgical year. On the 1st November, we kept All Saints. On the 2nd All Souls. And throughout this month – today too as […]

  • Homily for All Saints

    I must confess that this is one of my favourite feasts. The Monastic Divine Office for it is one of the most beautiful, in its texts and music. At Vespers […]

  • Catechesis on the Solemnity of All Saints

    Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB Catechesis on the Solemnity of All Saints

  • Homily for the 30th Sunday of the Year

    Love. In today’s Collect, in the 1st reading, the Psalm – “I love you, Lord, my strength” – in the Gospel, in the 2nd Communion antiphon, there it is: Love.

  • Homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    How good it is, Sunday after Sunday, to hear these Gospels from St Matthew! How good, amid the fears and obsessions wracking the kingdoms of the world, to hear Christ’s […]

     

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