16 May 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday Easter 7B, 13 May 2018, on Jn 17:11-19

16 May 2018

Homilies

We have celebrated the feast of the Ascension, 40 days after Easter. Now with the whole Church we wait in a novena of prayer for the culmination and climax of the whole Easter mystery, the feast of Pentecost, which we…

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12 May 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Ascension, 10 May 2018

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12 May 2018

Homilies

You no longer see Jesus, but he has not been taken away from you. On the contrary. In the words of St. Leo the Great: “When he came down to earth he did not leave his heavenly Father, and when he ascended…

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7 May 2018

Homilies

Homily for Easter 6B, Sunday 6 May 2018, on John 15:9-17

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7 May 2018

Homilies

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love. In these privileged final days of Eastertide we listen once again to the words of Jesus at the Last Supper, as handed on to the Church by the Beloved…

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20 April 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Easter 3B, 15 April 2018, on Luke 24:35-48

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20 April 2018

Homilies

St. Luke’s account of Christ’s Resurrection from the dead is similar to that of St. John. Both have the startlingly sudden appearance among the assembled Apostles on Easter Day, with the greeting “Peace be...

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22 March 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Joseph 19 March 2018

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22 March 2018

Homilies

St. Joseph is normally so modest and unassuming that if we’re not careful we can pass him by without even noticing. Recently though he came very prominently to the attention of the monks of Pluscarden, when a near...

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21 March 2018

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Lent 5B, Sunday 18 March 2018, on John 12:20-33

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21 March 2018

Homilies

We’ve reached the turning point in St. John’s Gospel. The scene of the passage we’ve just heard is set on Palm Sunday. Jesus has entered Jerusalem in triumph, and John has just reported for us the comment of the Pharisees: Look, the whole world is going...

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14 March 2018

Homilies

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, 11 March 2018

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14 March 2018

Homilies

We are preparing now to celebrate, in only three weeks time, the lifting up of Christ. On Good Friday we will look at him lifted up on the Cross. Then on Easter Day we will contemplate him lifted up into heaven: risen, ascended...

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13 February 2018

Homilies

Homily for 11 February 2018, Sunday 6B, on Mark 1:40-45

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13 February 2018

Homilies

A leper approached Jesus. “If you wish”, he said, “you can make me clean”. This is not a request, but a statement. It’s an act of faith, yes, but also a challenge: daring; we could even say cheeky...