The language of Jesus is so violent! A great millstone round his neck! Then: cut it off! Amputate it! Tear it out! Burning fire; gnawing worm; eternal punishment in hell. Does Jesus ever…
Moray Council have begun works on a stretch of road close to the monastery which cuts us off from Elgin by the normal route. The rather brief stretch of road between Pluscarden Kirk and the Village Hall is officially…
These familiar words are taken from the account of the Last Supper in St. Luke’s Gospel. They are an appropriate choice for the feast of St. Gregory, who described himself as Servus servorum Dei - the Servant of the servants of God. That…
The ritual purifications of the law were only ever meant to be symbolic. They were an outward sign of the human need to be clean before God, to be reconciled with him, to be in communion with him. The Old Testament is…
These days many are speaking of leaving the Catholic Church, and stopping going with her, not because of her divine teaching, but because of the sins and infidelities of her official representatives. The latest revelations about clerical abuse, both…
Some 24 Oblates of Pluscarden came for the special Oblate Weekend 17-20 August 2018. Talks on the Oblate life were given by Rt. Rev. Richard Moth, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, formerly Catholic Bishop of…
