Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent
Last Sunday, we were taken to the desert, with Jesus fasting for forty days and forty nights, the original Lent.
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Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent
According to a prayer on Ash Wednesday, we are beginning “[a] campaign of Christian service”. We “take up battle…armed with the weapons of self-restraint”. Lent, to coin a phrase, is […]
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Homily for Friday after Ash Wednesday
There’s plenty going on here this evening. The first of the Station Masses that will lead us to Holy Week. The opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The Way of […]
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Homily for Ash Wednesday
Today we receive the ashes, a reminder we will die. Today we hear the call to repent, to change our attitudes. Today the Gospel speaks of almsgiving, prayer and fasting. […]
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Homily for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Today many things come together. New Year’s Day, of course, and then the news of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s passing yesterday, and more still. Today is the Octave Day of Christmas, […]
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Homily for Christmas Day Mass
Here it is! Christmas Day in the Year of our Lord 2022. “Generations have trod, have trod, have trod”, said a poet. He meant it in a weary, unhappy way. […]
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Homily for Midnight Mass
He has arrived! The journey to Bethlehem is over, Mary’s time has come, the child has been born, wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, there being no […]
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President of Bishops’ Conference pays tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
The President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Bishop Hugh Gilbert has paid tribute to Pope EmeritusBenedict XVI who died earlier today (Saturday 31 December 2022). Commenting on the late […]
