Yesterday nearly all the Pluscarden monks attended the National Pilgrimage Mass at Keith Football ground in honour of St. John Ogilvie. I think the occasion was important enough for me to speak to you a little bit about it now....

“I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.” First of all, the Church is One because she is a people united in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. She is One also through the three-fold bonds of faith, Sacramental worship, and ordained governance...

Our second reading today was from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. The lectionary provides a series from this letter, from the 7th to the 14th Sundays in Year B. In the section quoted from today, which occupies two whole Chapters...

I, Paul have been entrusted with the grace of proclaiming to the pagans the infinite treasure of Christ (Eph 3:8 - JB translation). In his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul sets himself to unfold for us the mystery of Christ. In Christ, Paul cries, God’s eternal plan...

When Jesus in St. John’s Gospel says “I am”, he implicitly evokes the name of God, as revealed to Moses, and thereby claims divine status. He does this not out of self exaltation, but as a revelation of the truth, entirely for...

This is what Christ said, on coming into the world... God, here I am! I am coming to obey your will. We are celebrating the Solemnity of the Annunciation, just a few days before Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Just before entering into the mystery... 

Sir, we should like to see Jesus (Jn 12:21). “Of course we don’t mean we want to see him merely as one of the crowd; merely externally. What we should like, with your help, is to contemplate...

Some years before the Caldey conversion, Abbot Aelred Carlyle wrote his essay Our Purpose and Method. In that he passes on advice he himself once received: “Paint your picture in strong colours, keep it ever before you...