Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for Station Mass
Both today’s readings speak of fasting. In some languages, Lent is called the “great fast” or simply “fast-time” – the opposite of “breakfast”, “break-fast”. Fasting is part of the Lenten […]
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No 2: The Dark Side, the Power of Sin
Homilies on the Kerygma, St Mary’s Cathedral, 1st Sunday of Lent, 21 February 2021. Today, Jesus goes into the desert and meets Satan, enters into combat with Satan and defeats […]
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No 1: God’s Love
Homilies on the Kerygma, St Mary’s Cathedral Aberdeen, 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 14 February 2021. If I’m spared, I want to spend this and the four following homilies on […]
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Homily for 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Brothers and Sisters, here we are still with Christ in Galilee, still near the beginnings of his public ministry. These are such vivid Gospels, but not just that. They are […]
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Reflection for Religious: “He took him in his arms”
Reflection for Diocesan Religious on the Feast of the Presentation. Lockdown, especially for those living alone, has been a great, if demanding, teacher. It reminds us just how physical and […]
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Homily for 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
“And Jesus entered the synagogue” – so today’s Gospel. It was the Sabbath, and so the thing to do, and his 4 newly- clicked and collected disciples, Peter and Andrew, […]
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel we are still at the beginnings of Jesus’ public life. Last week we heard the Gospel of John; this week we hear the Gospel of Mark who […]
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Homily for the Requiem of Archbishop Philip Tartaglia
“Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day.” There are so many settings in which to […]
