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Homily for Midnight Mass
He has arrived! The journey to Bethlehem is over, Mary’s time has come, the child has been born, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, there being no […]
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President of Bishops’ Conference pays tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
The President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Bishop Hugh Gilbert has paid tribute to Pope EmeritusBenedict XVI who died earlier today (Saturday 31 December 2022). Commenting on the late […]
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Reordering of the Sanctuary of the Cathedral Church of St Mary Assumed into Heaven
Update on the Cathedral Sanctuary Reordering Project: The need to re-order and enhance the Sanctuary of St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, has long been felt. The project will be staged and […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
What does Mary say to us today? A seminarian told me how he was instructed during preaching practice not to mention “grace” in homilies. We all know “don’t mention the […]
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Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent
Advent means “coming”. We all know this. In Advent we relive our Lord’s first coming, we gear ourselves up for his second coming, and we try to be sensitive to […]
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Homily for 1st Sunday of Advent
Advent is long this year, the longest it can be – four full weeks, with Christmas Day falling on a Sunday at the end of the 4th week. This is […]
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Light of the North: Advent 2022
Welcome to this Advent issue of the Light of the North with lots of news from around the Diocese and plenty of interesting features including Eileen Grant’s article about the […]
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Homily for the Funeral of Archbishop Mario Conti
Remembering Mario, and his long, rich and fruitful life, it’s hard not to smile. He had a certain manner, shall we say, a certain sense of the bella figura and […]
