26 March 2019

Homilies

Homily for Lent 3C, 24 March 2019, Luke 13:1-9

26 March 2019

Homilies

We read Holy Scripture in order to find there words of consolation, encouragement, hope, inspiration. But we also read in order to be confronted by very necessary words of sharp warning. Many times and in many ways…

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5 March 2019

News & Events

2019 Pentecost Lectures: “Beauty will save the world” with Fr Martin Boland

Pluscarden Abbey

5 March 2019

News & Events

Each year the Abbot and Community of Pluscarden Abbey sponsor a series of four lectures by an invited Theologian on an aspect of Catholic Theology…

Ed Scolding

5 March 2019

News & Events

Christopher Francis reviews Tempus per annum CD

Ed Scolding

5 March 2019

News & Events

The remarkable variety of the chants on this disc is far from ordinary. The interpretation is thoughtful, and is based on a real understanding of the chant. As the excellently written booklet says, ‘close attention…

Pluscarden Abbey

5 March 2019

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 8C, 3 March 2019

Pluscarden Abbey

5 March 2019

Homilies

We rather rarely get to celebrate an Eighth Sunday of the Year. We do so this year because Easter is so late: April 21st. We only get a couple of days of our eighth week though, because Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and we’re into the season of…

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27 February 2019

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 7C, 24 February 2019, Luke 6:27-38

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27 February 2019

Homilies

Some robbers came once to a hermitage and said, “We’ve come to take everything out of your cell”. The hermit said, “Take whatever you see, my sons.” So they took what they found in the cell, and went away. But they missed a little bag…

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11 February 2019

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 5C, 10 February 2019, on Luke 5:1-11

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11 February 2019

Homilies

Today’s liturgy offers us the vision of Isaiah in the Temple as an implied commentary on the Gospel scene in Peter’s boat. The parallel is a bold one, because it suggests that the man Jesus is to be identified with the transcendent God of Israel…

Ed Scolding

5 February 2019

News & Events

Dame Margaret Truran reviews Tempus per annum CD

Ed Scolding

5 February 2019

News & Events

This is a major CD, presenting twenty-nine chants intrinsic to the annual liturgical cycle that have not often been recorded. The singing, united, flowing and deeply musical, does them full justice. The text of each, with translation…

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5 February 2019

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 4C, 3 February 2019, 1 Corinthians 13

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5 February 2019

Homilies

The Corinthian Church founded by St. Paul was gifted in an extraordinary way with charismatic gifts. The Corinthian Christians spoke in tongues, prophesied, worked miracles, stood heroically in face of persecution. They justly rejoiced…