I recall when I first saw this text from the Holy Rule: I thought it rather odd. The Abbot holds the place of Christ, because he is called by Christ’s name, when we address him as Father. Well: I’d never thought of calling Christ Father, or of…
Coronavirus precautions at Pluscarden (V)
Fr. Abbot is back! And very happy indeed to be back! He departed, "just for a few days", shortly before the National lock-down was announced, on Wednesday 17 March. He arrived back home at last, both safely and legally, on Friday 3 July. For the time being, though, just to be sure that he does not bring…
Homily for the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 28 June 2020: Matthew 16:13-19
Homily for the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist - Patronal Feast of Pluscarden
Pluscarden Benedictines No. 190 - Pentecost 2020
Coronavirus precautions at Pluscarden (IV)
Homily for the Sacred Heart Year “A”, 19 June 2020: 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30
I once saw a little wooden cross - maybe it was in our shop here, I don’t recall - the sort people wear unostentatiously around their neck, or perhaps on a lapel. This one was quite plain, except for the figure of a heart outlined, very simply, at its centre. I thought that a fine expression of the great truth…
Homily for Corpus Christi, 14 June 2020
For nearly everyone in this country, today’s Feast must be kept as a fast: yet another, in the long series. No Mass; no Holy Communion; no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; no Eucharistic Hymns; no solemn Procession; no final Benediction; no public communal celebration of the heart of our Catholic Faith. Our…