Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Station Mass – St Mary’s, Nairn
1. God, of thy pity, unto us thy children Bend down thine ear in thine own lovingkindness, And all thy people’s prayers and vows ascending Hear, we beseech thee.
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Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent
Today, candidates from the Cathedral parish and St Joseph’s School will sign up, as it were, to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation later in the year. Through that Sacrament we […]
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Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent
Today we hear from St Mark of our Lord’s temptation in the desert, from Genesis of God’s promise to Noah and family after the flood, and from St Peter of […]
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Station Mass and Mass for the Enrolment of the Elect
May I ask, have you noticed the birdsong? The temperature rises a little and out it bubbles. City life can separate us from these things; it fills our lives with […]
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Homily for Ash Wednesday
Today, the ship of Lent sets sail and we climb on board. Today, Mother Church, Mother Lent – wearing purple – comes towards us, and puts ashes on our forehead.
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Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
In today’s Collect we turned to the “Almighty, ever-living God”. We turned to him because he “governs all things both in heaven and on earth. “Hear the pleading of your […]
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Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
It struck me recently that whenever the Holy Family, this micro-family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, is mentioned in the Gospels, they are almost always on the move. In today’s […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany
Today we come to the Epiphany – a beautiful feast. Without it Christmas would be incomplete, just as Easter would be incomplete without Pentecost. Without Epiphany – which means “shining […]
