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Today’s Second Reading is the last in the sequence we’ve been having from 2 Corinthians. This is the letter St. Paul wrote at a time when the loyalty of the Corinthians to him was wavering, and the relationship…
Visitors to the monastery very frequently remark upon the peace and tranquillity of Pluscarden, and the beauty of its surroundings, and how natural and easy it is to sense God's presence and holiness here. They express wonder…
One of St. Paul’s preoccupations during his missionary journeys was fund raising, or the collection of money. He thought it very important that his Gentile Christian converts should support the Jewish Christians…
Joseph Ratzinger, commenting on this passage, observes that our canonical Greek text must derive from an Aramaic original. There is a direct citation of Aramaic in the name “Simon Bar-Jonah”. There are also typical Aramaic…
Through the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Pluscarden we welcomed a crowd of some 300 children, and about as many adults. Reflecting the make-up of our Diocese, and of modern society, this was very much a multi-National group.
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.
On Saturday 9 June Pluscarden received a rather unusual group of Pilgrims from Russia: wives of Russian Orthodox Priests. Leaving their husbands at home, these ladies were touring Scotland especially to…
We rather rarely have the 10th Sunday of Ordinary time, because it tends to be superceded by Pentecost or Trinity Sunday or Corpus Christi. This year instead we’ve lost Sundays 7, 8 and 9 because of those…
One of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance. For the Roman soldier, this was a final indignity carried out on the corpse of an executed criminal. For the Jewish authorities, it was a necessary preparation for the…
The Twenty Fifth in our series of Pentecost lectures was given this year by the Oxford-based Dominican Scripture scholar Fr. Richard Ounsworth O.P. Fr. Richard gave four lectures…