Bp Hugh Gilbert

  • Pastoral Letter for Palm Sunday 2014

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This is a short Pastoral Letter to mark the beginning of Holy Week. ‘Together in Christ’ is the motto of this diocese, and together […]

  • Homily for the Chrism Mass

    What is a priest? That’s the first question. The second question is a terrible one. Is he a pervert? Normally not, emphatically so, thanks be to God. But there’ll be […]

  • Homily for Penitential Service

    ‘I believe in the forgiveness of sins.’ We say that in the Creed. And tonight we’re proving we mean what we say. At the very beginning of Lent, I was […]

  • Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent

    ‘Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the well.’ The good news is: the well is still there. It still exists. It’s certainly very […]

  • Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent

    We’ve just heard the Gospel of the Transfiguration. It’s not what we’d expect. Such a contrast to last Sunday! Last Sunday it was the desert, a world of heat and […]

  • Homily for the Station Mass

    When Jesus turned water into wine at Cana, the wine was the very best and there was a great deal of it, between 120 and 150 gallons – just for […]

  • Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent

    Lent – these 40 days – Lent, Holy Week and Easter – Lent and the liturgical readings of Lent – Lent and the practices of Lent (prayer, fasting and almsgiving) […]

  • Homily for the Mass of the Rite of Election

    This is the first of our Station Masses, and a special one. Here are our 10 catechumens. Tonight they are being ‘chosen’, ‘elected’. They can now be called the ‘elect’. […]

     

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