23 December 2016

Homilies

16 - Golden Jubilee of Pluscarden's Independence

23 December 2016

Homilies

On the 21st of November, 1966, the solemnly professed monks of this monastery assembled under the presidency of the then Abbot of Prinknash, Dyfrig Rushton, to begin the process of electing the first Superior of the Monastery following the grant...

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5 December 2016

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Andrew, 30 November 2016

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5 December 2016

Homilies

This year, unusually, the Feast of St. Andrew falls four days into the season of Advent. Already then, our celebration of Scotland’s Patronal Feast is surrounded by readings from the Prophet Isaiah. And surely Isaiah has a lot to say to us, and to our country, on its National Day...

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4 December 2016

Homilies

Homily for Advent IA, 27 November 2016

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4 December 2016

Homilies

As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes (Mt 24:37).

Each year on the first Sunday of Advent we hear an extract from the discourse Jesus gave, just before his Passion, about the end of time. Jesus tells...

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23 November 2016

Homilies

Pastoral Letter for the Feast of Christ the King

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23 November 2016

Homilies

Today, the Holy Father will close the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the Jubilee Year of Mercy will conclude – on this Solemnity of Christ the King. It has been a time of divine grace...

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2 November 2016

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 31C, 30 October 2016, on Luke 19:1-10; 2 Thess 1:11-12

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2 November 2016

Homilies

Last week we heard the story of a tax collector who did not even dare to raise his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, and cried God be merciful to me a sinner. Today we pass to the next Chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel...

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31 October 2016

Homilies

Daily homilies at Quarr Abbey Retreat, 5-12 October: 11/10

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31 October 2016

Homilies

Our daily reading of Galatians at Mass has brought us providentially today to the beginning of Chapter 5, and to a fine text for the final day of our retreat. After a week of prayer and reflection, we rejoice...

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31 October 2016

Homilies

Daily homilies at Quarr Abbey Retreat, 5-12 October: 10/10

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31 October 2016

Homilies

We know well that the emphasis of St. Luke in his Gospel is on the mercy and gentleness of Jesus; on his love for sinners, and his tender kindness towards the lowly and the poor. St. Luke also dwells, more than...

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31 October 2016

Homilies

Daily homilies at Quarr Abbey Retreat, 5-12 October: 8/10

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31 October 2016

Homilies

Jesus knew very well the desire of his Mother to pass by as far as possible unnoticed; to remain always in the background. He knew she hated having attention directed towards herself, or hearing herself praised in public. In his...