Our annual Pentecost lectures began in 1994 at the initiative of Abbot Hugh. They have continued ever since, in the same format, on the Tuesday to Thursday after Pentecost, with the exception of one year when they had to be cancelled because of the covid lock-down.
Fr. Prior Simon’s Homily for the Ascension of the Lord, Year A Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20
Early on the first day of the week, the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee all the way to Jerusalem, went to the tomb, “but they did not find the body of the Lord”. And “while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel” and said to them: “why do you seek the living among the dead?
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 10 May 2026, Easter 6A: John 14:15-21
Homily for Sunday 3 May 2026, Paschaltide 5A: John 14:1-12
Someone recently asked: “How can I get to know Jesus?” I said: “Read the Gospel of St. John, and especially the final discourse of Jesus, given at the Last Supper.”
Over these 5 Chapters, we hear Jesus revealing the secrets of his heart. He speaks of his relationship with his Father; of the meaning of his mission; of the greatness of the Christian vocation; of the activity of the Holy Spirit; of the mystery of the Holy Trinity.