• Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent

    “O God, who see how your people faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity…” So begins today’s Collect. This is the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday. “Rejoice in […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

    In her Magnificat, Mary sings, “For he has done great things for me and holy is his name.” At that moment, she is thinking of the “great thing” that she, […]

  • Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent

    This is an Advent more full than usual of fears and hopes. The grace of Advent is that it sifts these, orders them, purifies them, teaching us to discard where […]

  • Homily for St Andrew the Apostle

    Who was he? A 1st c. Jew, a Galilean, born in Bethsaida, son of a certain John or Jonas, brother of Simon Peter. Like him he was a fisherman by […]

  • Our Lady Of Aberdeen Book – Reprinted

    “Our Lady of Aberdeen” is the name given in Scotland to a remarkable statue which was saved from destruction in Aberdeen during the Reformation. For sixty-five years it was hidden […]

  • Light of the North Advent Issue

    Welcome to our new online version of the Light of the North! The presentation of the magazine is rather different for this issue with some exciting new features, including embedded […]

  • Pastoral Letter for 1st Sunday of Advent, 2020

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Peace be with you! As Advent begins I want to greet you, to send you my blessing as we all begin a new liturgical […]

  • Christmas Church Attendance

    As we approach the Christmas season, parishioners throughout the diocese have been asking about arrangements for Masses over the festive period and in light of recent Scottish Government guidance surrounding […]

     

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