“Praeceptis salutaribus moniti et divina institutione formati, audemus dicere”… With these words later in this Mass I will introduce the Lord’s Prayer. In the official English translation this is: “At the Saviour’s command and...
International meeting of on-going monastic formation
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 15C, 10 July 2016, on Lk 10:25-37
Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden
Pastoral Letter by Dom Hugh Gilbert OSB, Bishop of Aberdeen, for 14th Sunday of the Year
Homily for the Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul, 29 June 2016
Monastic Experience weekend 19-22 August
Homily for Sunday 12C 19.06.2016 - Luke 9: 18-24
Today’s Gospel passage describes an important turning point in Luke’s Gospel. Today St Peter identifies Jesus as “the Christ of God”. As in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, it is when St Peter on behalf of the disciples declares Jesus to be the Christ of God, that Jesus first predicts his own passion and death. This is not what...