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Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
In a poem, John Keats imagines the first Europeans to discover the Pacific Ocean. He’s thinking of the 16th c. Spanish conquistadores, Cortez and his men. They don’t even know […]
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Pastoral Letter on the Sixth Anniversary of Laudato Si’
from the Bishops of Scotland.Pentecost 2021. God saw all that he had made and indeed it was very good.[1] God’s creation is a great gift to all humanity, and humanity […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of Ascension
“And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven.” This is the feast of the Ascension, forty days from Easter Sunday. In a […]
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Homily for the 6th Sunday of Eastertide
Today’s 2nd reading, Alleluia and Gospel use the word “love” 20 times. That says something, and it raises the question, what love? Is it common or garden love or something […]
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May Rosary Mission 2021
You are invited to join the month of May Rosary Mission 2021 where once again the peoples of the Dioceses of Scotland, Wales and England will pray the Rosary for […]
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Homily for Chrism Mass
“I will never lie to David” (Ps 89:36). That’s not in today’s readings. But it almost is. It’s from further down the Responsorial Psalm (89/88). What we heard was, “I […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter
Brothers and Sisters, today is the 3rd Sunday of Easter. It’s very encouraging that the Church doesn’t call these Sundays “Sundays after Easter” but “Sundays of Easter”. In the Church’s […]
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Chrism Mass 2021
The Chrism Mass is a special annual celebration led by the diocesan Bishop with the diocesan clergy. The postponed Chrism Mass is now planned to take place in St Mary’s […]
