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Homily for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
In July 1974, I was visiting Pluscarden Abbey, and the readings were those of today. The monk who was celebrating preached on the line in the 2nd reading, 2 Corinthians […]
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Homily for 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
“The love of Christ overwhelms us”, says St Paul is today’s 2nd reading. He is talking about Christ’s love for us, shown in his self-giving on the Cross. His talking […]
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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 […]
