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Homily for the Easter Sunday
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Today it’s obvious. It’s patently, forcefully, radiantly obvious. Obvious what the message is, what we are celebrating, what’s on the table today to taste and see. […]
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Homily for the Easter Vigil
When I was first a monk at Pluscarden Abbey, the abbot there seriously disliked having to preach. And to justify this, he’d use the phrase: “the Liturgy preaches its own […]
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Homily for Good Friday
“Brothers and Sisters, we have a great high priest” (Heb 4:14). We heard that in the 2nd reading. It sums up today. “We have a great high priest, who has […]
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Homily for Maundy Thursday
Tonight our Triduum begins. Tonight is truly special. Tonight for all the darkness gathering outside the upper room, all the mounting hostility towards the Lord, despite the inside darkness brimming […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
There’s something simple and beautiful about today. An angel speaks to a girl and she listens. And more, of course. “The Word himself was waiting on her word” (Malcolm Guite), […]
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Statement from the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Following a request from the Holy See, the Bishops of Scotland have been invited to reflect on how the structures of the Church in […]
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Lecture: St John Henry Newman and the Failure of the University
The Thomistic Institute Chapter at the University of Aberdeen is hosting a lecture by Professor Lewis Ayres of Durham University entitled ‘St John Henry Newman and the Failure of the […]
