Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 5 October 2025, Sunday 27 C: Luke17:5-10

If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.

We have this saying of Our Lord in slightly different forms twice in the Gospel of St. Matthew, and also once in the Gospel of St. Mark. According to Matthew, our Lord twice says that faith will be able to move a mountain. We can tell a mountain to move from here to there, and it will move

Homily for Sunday 26C, 28 September 2025

Daniel 3:29-31; Amos 6:1-7; Luke 16:19-31

Omnia quae fecisti nobis Domine, in vero iudicio fecisti – All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with righteous judgement…

As usual we entered Mass today with words from the Old Testament. The text for this week’s Introit Chant is taken from the Prophet Daniel, according to its Greek version, somewhat freely adapted.

Pluscarden Benedictines No. 211 News and Notes for our Friends Autumn 2025

The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.

Homily for the Feast of the Holy Cross, 14 September 2025 St. Cecilia’s Abbey Ryde (DBH)

 

The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

Today, on the Feast of the Holy Cross, with the whole Church, we turn our gaze towards Christ crucified, and towards the Cross on which he died.

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C – 31 August 2025

In last week’s Gospel (Luke 13:22-30) we heard our Lord’s response to those who found themselves locked outside the kingdom of heaven: “I do not know where you come from, depart from me all you workers of iniquity” (Luke 13:27)

Oblate residential Retreat August 2025

A most successful and well-attended Summer retreat took place at the Abbey from 2nd to 5th August this year 2025 (a month later than last to catch the higher temperatures!)

Sister Tamsin Geach OP gave the Retreat---three talks over two days bracketed by the arrivals day and departures day-- and Storm Floris!