Bp Hugh Gilbert

• 30/12/2013

  Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family

  Today we remember that Jesus belonged to a family. When we say, ‘the Word became flesh and lived among us’, we’re remembering he became a human being. We do this […]

• 25/12/2013

  Homily for Christmas Day Mass

  We’ve got there. We’ve arrived. Christmas is here. ‘A child is born for us, and a son is given to us’ (Introit). The Holy Spirit works through word and sacrament, […]

• 25/12/2013

  Homily for Midnight Mass

  Isn’t this the most entrancing of all the feasts we keep? It’s as if there’s a procession to the crib already. It’s as if the carols, the announcement of the […]

• 22/12/2013

  Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent

  Christmas is very close now. To take Isaiah’s words, ‘the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son’ (Is 7:14). In some liturgies, during the last […]

• 15/12/2013

  Homily for 3rd Sunday of Advent

  An old monk once told me this story. He was visiting a Catholic couple in Germany in the 1930s. They asked him if he would speak with their son. The […]

• 04/12/2013

  Reflections on the 1st Sunday of Advent

  Extracts from Homilies and Catechesis Isaiah 2:1-5 – Ps 121 – Romans 13:11-14 – Matthew 24:37-44 Beginning Advent Today we’re beginning Advent. It comes gently enough, but it’s not a […]

• 29/11/2013

  Dedication of the church

  Homily for the Dedication of the church of St Joseph, Invergordon 29 November 2013 What are we doing this evening? First of all, we’re crowning almost a century of Catholic […]

• 17/11/2013

  Homily for 33rd Sunday of the Year

  In these last weeks of the Church’s year and again, when that year begins afresh in Advent, the liturgy and the readings take us on eagle’s wings, as it were. […]