11 August 2020

Homilies

Homily for 9 August 2020, Sunday 19A: Matthew 14:22-33

11 August 2020

Homilies

The psalms are full of this imagery of desperation in deep water. To the Hebrew mind, water was a natural image of anything dreadful, terrifying, destructive. The sea especially for them was a reminder of the…

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4 August 2020

Homilies

Brief Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 2 August 2020, Sunday 18A, Matthew 14:13-21

Pluscarden Abbey

4 August 2020

Homilies

During the First World War, the Government of the Ottoman Empire decided that it was necessary for the Armenian nation to be wiped out. So they initiated a genocide. One of the ways this was carried out was by driving people - men, women and…

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28 July 2020

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 17A, 26 July 2020, Romans 8:28-30

Pluscarden Abbey

28 July 2020

Homilies

Of all St. Paul’s Letters, Romans is the longest, richest, densest, most difficult, most rewarding, most challenging, most perplexing, most commented on, most thoroughly Jewish, most obscurely Rabbinical, most radically universal in its all-embracing…

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20 July 2020

News & Events

First public Sunday Mass

Pluscarden Abbey

20 July 2020

News & Events

Our first Public Sunday Mass, since the lock-down restrictions were eased, was celebrated at 8 o'clock on 19 July 2020. Fr. Martin said the Mass at a temporary Altar set up in the Transepts. 16 people came, the…

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15 July 2020

Monastic Experience, News & Events

Monastic Experience Weekend 2020 cancelled

Pluscarden Abbey

15 July 2020

Monastic Experience, News & Events

The Monastic Experience Weekend 7-10 August 2020 has been cancelled. The Pluscarden Community has reluctantly reached this decision, in light of the current stage of the Covid-19 crisis. Use of our guest house will remain impracticable for…

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15 July 2020

News & Events

Gradual re-opening of Pluscarden Abbey Church

Pluscarden Abbey

15 July 2020

News & Events

From Wednesday 15 July it has been legally possible for Churches in Scotland to re-open for public worship. But many restrictions continue to apply: most notably the requirement to maintain 2 metre "social…

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13 July 2020

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Benedict, 11 July 2020

Pluscarden Abbey

13 July 2020

Homilies

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…

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6 July 2020

News & Events

Coronavirus precautions at Pluscarden (V)

Pluscarden Abbey

6 July 2020

News & Events

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…