4 April 2017

Homilies

Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent

4 April 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 the source of living water, demonstrates that...

Ed Scolding

27 March 2017

Homilies

Homily for the Solemnity of the Annunciation, 25 March 2017

Ed Scolding

27 March 2017

Homilies

Without losing his majesty, God in humility came down among us. Without ceasing to be infinite, eternal, immortal, out of love for us God became small, mortal, dependent. He came into his...

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...