Bp Hugh Gilbert

• 18/04/2017

  Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent

  Jesus ‘cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, here! Come out.”’

• 17/04/2017

  Homily for Palm Sunday

  ‘We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.’ Today, 72 years ago, 9 April 1945, a German Lutheran Pastor, […]

• 27/02/2017

  Homily for 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time

  Lent is drawing near and today our catechumens and candidates, Colin and Lauren, Lynsey and Chisomje, have taken a decisive step towards Easter. Today, the Lord tells us in the […]

• 13/01/2017

  Homily for the Requiem of Br Meinrad Gibson OSB (1934 – 2017)

  ‘It will be said on that day, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for […]

• 11/01/2017

  Homily for the Epiphany

  There’s a piece of old-fashioned, common-sense human wisdom, which says that each of us has a ‘ruling passion’. Not a passion for steam-engines or jewellery or boiled lobsters, but something […]

• 09/01/2017

  Homily for the Priestly Ordination of Andrzej Niski

  ‘“Ah, Lord; look, I do not know how to speak: I am a child!”’, says Jeremiah. ‘Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth and said to […]

• 01/01/2017

  Homily for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

  ‘May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace.’

• 30/12/2016

  Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family

  We’ve all heard of the Scottish Government’s Named Person Scheme. It has not yet passed into law, but is being piloted in various places, including here. It aims to provide […]