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Through all the many liturgical reforms of the past millennium and more, today’s Entrance Chant has survived intact. We find it heading the texts given for today’s Mass in the current Roman Missal. We...
St. Matthew tells us that Jesus takes his three closest associates, Peter, James and John, to a high mountain, “apart”. St. Mark uses the same word, but St. Luke omits the detail. For the evangelists, this word “apart” is associated with a certain...
I should like to speak about the two verses from Romans which we had in our second reading today. This being St. Paul, and especially his letter to...
New 'slow TV' documentary being made about Pluscarden by BBC Four...
Today’s Gospel passage must be one of the most frequently quoted, and commented on, and loved passages in the whole of St. Matthew. There’s a parallel to the first part - the blessing...
Professor Michael Grube returns to perform at Pluscarden Abbey on Monday 21st August at 7pm, with a programme which connects Bach and Paganini to contemporary music by Gerhard Track and Max-Ludwig Grube.
Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. These words of Jesus sound shocking, extreme...
Do you know someone who might like to live as a monk for a weekend?
Friends of Pluscarden will be happy to hear good news for us, regarding the A96 Dual Carriageway Project. Transport Scotland has now officially ruled out the option of routing this major new road through...
The 3-yearly Canonical Visitation of our community took place from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th June. It was carried out by the new Abbot President of...