12 October 2020

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 28A, 11 October 2020: Phil 4:12-14,19-20

12 October 2020

Homilies

In today’s reading from Philippians, St. Paul in prison expresses his gratitude for a financial gift recently received. Without it he would have faced severe hardship; perhaps even starvation. He knows that the Philippian Christians themselves are…

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5 October 2020

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 27A, 4 October 2020: Philippians 4:6-9

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5 October 2020

Homilies

Worry, says St. Paul, in today’s second reading, or be anxious, about nothing. Paul is writing to the Philippians: to people he knows, and loves, and trusts. He is beginning to wind up his letter, and he wants to leave them with a strong message to remember and…

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15 September 2020

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 24A 2020

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15 September 2020

Homilies

Each day at Lauds and Vespers the Abbot recites the Lord’s Prayer aloud. St Benedict tells us that it is so that the members of the Community will hear the words: “Forgive us as we forgive.” By the daily repetition of the prayer, we learn to…

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7 September 2020

Homilies

Brief Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 23A, 6 September 2020, Romans 13:8-10

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7 September 2020

Homilies

Last week we heard St. Paul tell us to worship God with our whole life (cf. Rm 12:1-2). That’s the first commandment: love of God. Now we hear him telling us to love our neighbour: the second…

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31 August 2020

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 22A, 30 August 2020: Romans 12:1-2

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31 August 2020

Homilies

The text we heard from Romans in today’s second reading is very familiar to Pluscarden monks in its Latin version. Obsecro (itaque) vos fratres, per misericordiam Dei... These words of St. Paul are sung in several different contexts as a short…

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26 August 2020

Homilies

Homily for St. Bartholomew, 24 August 2020; Silver Jubilee of Ordination

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26 August 2020

Homilies

God the Holy Trinity is perfectly blessed in Himself. He is an infinity of subsistent being, needing nothing whatever outside himself. God the Father eternally begets God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from Father and…

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26 August 2020

News & Events, Homilies

Silver Jubilee of Profession of Fr. Martin Birrell

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26 August 2020

News & Events, Homilies

On Sunday 16 August 2020, the transferred Feast of the Assumption, Dom Martin Birrell joyfully celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his monastic vows. Especially in view of his role as Oblate Master, there were numerous oblates and friends of the community…

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11 August 2020

Homilies

Homily for 9 August 2020, Sunday 19A: Matthew 14:22-33

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11 August 2020

Homilies

The psalms are full of this imagery of desperation in deep water. To the Hebrew mind, water was a natural image of anything dreadful, terrifying, destructive. The sea especially for them was a reminder of the…