27 May 2019

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 26 May 2019, Easter 6C

27 May 2019

Homilies

A very useful book I always have with me on these occasion is the Catholic Truth Society Sunday Missal, People’s Edition, published with side-by-side Latin and English texts in 2011. At the head of each Sunday in this book the editors offer a little reflection or…

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20 May 2019

Homilies

Homily for Easter 5C, 19 May 2019: Acts 14:21-27;Apoc 21:1-5; John 13:31-35

Pluscarden Abbey

20 May 2019

Homilies

The Collect for today’s Mass makes quite a striking request. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, it begins, semper in nobis paschale perfice sacramentum. Almighty everlasting God - perfice - perfect, bring to completion, fully…

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16 May 2019

News & Events

Bach, Gershwin & Pachelbel with The Moray String Quartet - at Pluscarden Abbey

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16 May 2019

News & Events

The Moray String Quartet perform at Pluscarden Abbey on Saturday 25th May at 3.30pm

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27 April 2019

News & Events

Young People at Pluscarden

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27 April 2019

News & Events

The Pluscarden community is always happy to welcome young people who come to stay at the monastery. Recent groups have included Catholic students from the Universities of Glasgow and of…

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27 April 2019

PluscardenBenedictinesMag

Pluscarden Benedictines No. 185 - Lent 2019

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27 April 2019

PluscardenBenedictinesMag

The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.

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13 April 2019

News & Events

Holy Week and Easter services 2019

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13 April 2019

News & Events

Holy Thursday Liturgy at 7.00 p.m., followed by Compline, and watching until midnight. Good Friday liturgy at 3.00...

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4 April 2019

News & Events

Funeral of Mgr. Robert McDonald

Pluscarden Abbey

4 April 2019

News & Events

On Monday 25 March 2019 the Pluscarden community celebrated two Masses. The first was our normal conventual Mass at 10.00 a.m.: celebrated as a Solemnity in honour of the Annunciation of the Lord. The second…

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4 April 2019

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 31 March 2019, Lent 4C, on Lk 15:1-32

Pluscarden Abbey

4 April 2019

Homilies

Surely the parable of the Prodigal Son is the best loved of all Jesus’ parables, and the one that most perfectly summarises the whole Gospel message. It's a very good story, very well told. We find it has power to move us, even to the depths, no matter how…