Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for 16th Sunday of the Year
Brothers and Sisters, isn’t it striking that we should be hearing readings about hospitality this very weekend? I’m thinking of the Tall Ships. Aberdeen is being Abraham to so many […]
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Homily for the 14th Sunday of the Year
Dear Brothers and Sisters, it’s some four months since we had an ordinary “Green” Sunday. That was early in March. Since then, a Pope has died and another has succeeded. […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Brothers and Sisters, today – the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi – we will be processing with the Blessed Sacrament from our Cathedral to St […]
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Message from the Bishop on the Election of Pope Leo XIV
With great joy, we welcome the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope to hail from North America, born on 14 September […]
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Fr. Peter Kelly Obituary
25-11-1952 – 10-04-2025. He was born on the 25 November 1952, in Greenside, outside Newcastle, in what was then County Durham. He was the second of four children born to […]
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Homily for Easter Vigil
In my garden stands a particularly fine cherry tree. Until moving there, I hadn’t realised how tall cherry trees can be. It is almost the tallest tree in the garden, […]
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Homily for Easter Sunday
This morning, we can allow the great reality of the Lord’s Resurrection to break upon us. Like the dawn, like a warming sun climbing the sky as the day unfolds, […]
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Homily for the Chrism Mass
What is a priest? Someone in special need of being rescued. That’s it, Fathers. More poetically, someone in special need of angels. That may sound melodramatic or overstated, but is […]
