Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for Palm Sunday
“And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, ‘Who is this?’” Who is this? Who is this the story of whose suffering and death we have just […]
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Homily for the Chrism Mass,
I was once in a synagogue, not in Nazareth but in Aberdeen. We came to the readings. And the question was asked, is there a priest here? i.e., a descendant […]
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Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent
On the 3rd Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of the Samaritan woman was proclaimed. Last Sunday, the Gospel of the man born blind. Today, we hear the Gospel of the […]
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Homily for the Solemnity of St Joseph
St Joseph was a quiet man, it seems. He was told by the angel to name Mary’s child – so we know that he pronounced the holy name of Jesus. […]
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Homily for the Diaconal Ordination of Br Simon Piątowski
In the hushed, verdant garden of the cloister grow many things: not just wispy beards, but human plants and flowers, shrubs and bushes, trees, every kind of flora. Together they […]
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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 […]
