• Homily for the Assumption of Our Lady

    Today is a day of uplift. The Collect has the phrase ‘the things that are above.’ The baffling 1st reading talks of a child ‘taken straight up to God and […]

  • Homily for the Re-opening of St Gregory’s, Preshome

    ‘She named him Moses because, she said, “I drew him out of the water”.’ Today’s first reading summarises Moses’ early life, the early life of Israel’s great prophet, liberator and […]

  • Homily for 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    If we think of today’s three readings as pictures to be hung on a wall, we might put the second, from St Paul, in the centre a little higher than […]

  • Homily for the Scalan Pilgrimage

    I know many of you are from the south. I hope you’ll forgive me if I first say something about the area of Scotland in which we are – more immediately […]

  • Homily for the National Pilgrimage in Honour of St John Ogilvie

    I ‘I remember the deeds of the Lord, / I remember your wonders of old, / I muse on all your works / and ponder your mighty deeds.’ Brothers and sisters, […]

  • Homily for the 50th Anniversary of SCIAF

    Is SCIAF in the Bible? The first answer is ‘Of course not.’ The second is, ‘Of course it is.’ The inspiration is. After all, we have just heard three readings. We […]

  • Pastoral Letter for Sunday 28 June

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This year marks the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of St John Ogilvie. It was kept in Glasgow earlier this year. Now it’s our […]

  • Homily for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart

    ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced.’ This feast comes in this month when summer finally gets under way; it comes in a time of light and […]

     

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