• Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent

    ‘And what I say to you, I say to all: Stay awake!’ Today Advent begins. It begins with a shout, with a cry – with Christ crying out: ‘Stay awake!’ […]

  • Sermon for Remembrance Sunday

    Today is Remembrance Sunday. It falls, as we are all vividly aware, during the centenary of the First World War,. This takes our memories in a certain direction. That war […]

  • All Souls Day

    Why has God given us faith? Certainly, we may feel it’s wobbly at times. But let’s forget that for a moment. We do have faith. And faith is a gift […]

  • All Saints Day

    Today, we celebrate all those ‘standing in front of the throne and of the Lamb’. Who are they? Surely, all those figures of the Old Testament, from Abel and Abraham […]

  • Homily to introduce the Conventual Franciscans

    Today is a memorable day. First of all, we are keeping the Nativity, the Birthday, of the Blessed Virgin. Its proper date is the 8th, tomorrow. But this church, when […]

  • Homily for Dedication of the Altar

    Today we celebrate one of the richest, almost luscious, of the Church’s liturgies, that of the dedication of an altar.

  • Homily for Evening Ecumenical Service

    I am grateful for the opportunity to preach in this beautiful chapel this evening. Today’s is a famous, even perhaps an infamous Gospel. Certainly it’s one that has aroused much […]

  • 210th Anniversary of St Peter’s, Castlegate, Aberdeen

    How many of us, I wonder, have taken part in a 210th anniversary of anything? To be honest, when I first heard of it, I thought it crazy. I still […]

     

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