Bp Hugh Gilbert
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Homily for the Easter Vigil
Tonight we are at the heart of our Triduum, our Passover. And how full tonight’s liturgy is with passings, transitions! With the entry of the Paschal candle and the lighting […]
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Homily for Easter Sunday
Today any preacher is in a good place. All he has to do is say what Easter says. And Easter says: Christ is risen! God has raised the crucified and […]
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Homily for Maundy Thursday
Last Sunday, Palm Sunday, began with St Matthew’s account of the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem. And the Evangelist noted how shaken the city was by his coming. And everyone asked, […]
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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 […]
