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Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent
‘Man does not live on bread alone.’ This is how Jesus answers the devil when he tempts him to turn stones into food. It’s a famous biblical saying. It’s not […]
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Homily for Mass of Election
St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, Friday after Ash Wednesday 12 February 2016 When someone becomes a monk (a novice), he kneels before the Abbot and community and is asked: ‘What do […]
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Preparation for the First Sunday of Lent 2016
“By clinging to Christ the Victor, the One who overcomes all that threatens and oppresses us we share his victory at Easter” Watch the preparation for the First Sunday of […]
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Reflection at St Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral, Aberdeen – Candlemas 2016
“Light from light”. Fr Isaac, a good friend and the Provost of this Cathedral, has asked me to reflect on these words. I am grateful for this and honoured to […]
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Homily for the End of the Year of Consecrated Life
United with those in Rome, in Glasgow and throughout the world, here we are closing the Year of Consecrated Life. It has perhaps been overshadowed by the Synod on Marriage […]
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Homily for 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings tell of extraordinary things. They tell of unexpected lightning, the lightning that struck Isaiah (1st reading), struck Peter, James and John (the Gospel) and, after the Resurrection, struck […]
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Homily for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
I’d like to approach today’s readings in a roundabout way. A family was hosting some friends to a meal. The mother asked her teenage son to go to the kitchen […]
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