Ed Scolding

27 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for Third Sunday of Lent, 19 March

Ed Scolding

27 March 2017

Homilies

Today’s Gospel, as always where St John is concerned, is full of hidden depths, like the well which sets the scene. Jesus reveals himself as...

Pluscarden Abbey

22 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Joseph 20 March 2017

Pluscarden Abbey

22 March 2017

Homilies

Everyone here surely knows that the Pluscarden community has a plan to re-build our South Range. The aim in the first place is to provide better hospitality for our lady guests. What everyone may not know is that...

Pluscarden Abbey

22 March 2017

Homilies

Homily given at Keith, in honour of St John Ogilvie 11/03/17

Pluscarden Abbey

22 March 2017

Homilies

Of all the buildings in the Glasgow of John Ogilvie’s time only two remain, and he would almost certainly have seen them on the last day of his life. One was the Cathedral while the other was Provan’s Lordship on the other side of the High Street...

Pluscarden Abbey

15 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for Second Sunday of Lent

Pluscarden Abbey

15 March 2017

Homilies

You’re wondering: what relevance to the Gospel of the Transfiguration have today’s two first readings? Let me start now then by having a brief look at them. In our first reading we heard a familiar...

Pluscarden Abbey

6 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for 5 March 2017, Lent 1A, on Matthew 4:1-11

Pluscarden Abbey

6 March 2017

Homilies

Today, at the beginning of her own 40 days of lenten observance, the eyes of the whole Church are fixed on Jesus, tempted by the devil in the wilderness. Jesus is preparing himself for his active ministry, and ultimately for...

Pluscarden Abbey

17 February 2017

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 6, Year A 2017

Pluscarden Abbey

17 February 2017

Homilies

Today’s Gospel passage continues on from last week’s. We are still listening to the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus is sitting and teaching on a mountainside. He is Jewish and is talking about the things of God, so...

Ed Scolding

11 February 2017

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 5A, 5 February 2017, on Matthew 5:13-16

Ed Scolding

11 February 2017

Homilies

In the Beatitudes we heard last week, Jesus spells out the standard of holiness expected of those whose lives are conformed to his life. This is very great: far beyond what we are capable of achieving on our own. In the...

Pluscarden Abbey

1 February 2017

Homilies

Sermon for Sunday 4A, Matthew 5:1-12 at Edinburgh University Catholic Chaplaincy

Pluscarden Abbey

1 February 2017

Homilies

We begin today a reading of the Sermon on the Mount, according to St. Matthew's Gospel. We will hear more of this over the next four Sundays, after which the cycle will be interrupted by lent. The Sermon on the Mount begins with...