Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Night Mass (Christmas Eve)
Tonight, Christ is born for us. St Luke tells us the story magnificently year after year. It’s the core of Christmas. Round it gathers the poetry of Isaiah and the […]
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Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Brothers and Sisters, we’re very close to Christmas or, better, Christmas is very close to us. “Bring us back, O God”, bring us back to what really matters, bring us […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent
Brothers and Sisters, I’d like to go to France this morning. Some of you may have followed the story around the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Five years ago, […]
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Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time
`These last Sundays, we have been following Jesus on the way to Jerusalem. Now we, and he, are in Jerusalem. And still there are always conversations, Jesus in dialogue. But […]
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Homily for All Saints
There’s a feel for heaven in all of us, surely. Maybe just as a seed that one day will open out. When we love someone, really love, love them not […]
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Homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Once more, brothers and sisters, we are given a beautiful Gospel. Once more we are with Christ on his way to Jerusalem. And this is the truth of our life. […]
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Homily for the 28th Sunday of the Year (B)
With its stories and symbols, the Bible helps us make sense of our lives. It’s given by God to light up our path. And so it is with these Gospel […]
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Two Reflections on the Readings of the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
I: Genesis 2:18-25 Today we hear a well-known reading from Genesis. It’s followed by the Psalm and prepares for the Gospel. It tells of Adam’s ‘aloneness’ and how the Lord […]
