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Acknowledging Sin brings the World to New Hope
I’m most grateful to Bishop John for the opportunity to contribute to his programme of catechesis. I am here with a sense of privilege and with a full heart. My […]
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The dedication of a new statute to St John Ogilvie
… We’re remembering tonight St John Ogilvie, born in Drum-na-Keith in 1579, died at Glasgow Cross on 10 March, 1615, 400 years ago this year. A Jesuit, a priest and […]
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Pastoral Letter for 1st Sunday of Lent
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As you know, the Scottish Parliament is considering a Bill to legalise assisted suicide in certain situations. It is our human, Christian and democratic […]
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Homily for the 1st Station Mass / Mass of Election
Around the year 600, a Spanish bishop, St Isidore of Seville, wrote a book about the liturgy of the Church. For historians, it’s a precious record of how things were […]
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Homily for Ash Wednesday
Lent is many things. It’s a spring-cleaning – of our lives, our souls. It’s a stock-taking. Or think of a shop getting rid of surplus stock by way of a […]
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Homily for National Day for Religious in the Year of Consecrated Life
It’s a privilege to be invited to preach on this occasion. It’s also a challenge. What to say and how? Consecrated life is such a rich, complex, sometimes heavy reality. […]
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Homily for the Dedication of the Icon of the Presentation of the Lord
The Lord’s Presentation in the Temple is the last of the feasts of Christmas. It’s another epiphany. It’s a further unfolding of the Incarnation.
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Homily for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Often the 2nd reading on a Sunday is something of a Cinderella. But it’s hard not to notice today’s. It comes from ch. 7 of St Paul’s first Letter to […]
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