• A facial reconstruction of St Magnus

    Using computer software, a facial reconstruction has been made of Orkney’s St Magnus to help mark the 900th anniversary of his death. Forensic artist Hew Morrison’s, a graduate of the University […]

  • Homily for the Requiem of Br Meinrad Gibson OSB (1934 – 2017)

    ‘It will be said on that day, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for […]

  • Homily for the Epiphany

    There’s a piece of old-fashioned, common-sense human wisdom, which says that each of us has a ‘ruling passion’. Not a passion for steam-engines or jewellery or boiled lobsters, but something […]

  • Homily for the Priestly Ordination of Andrzej Niski

    ‘“Ah, Lord; look, I do not know how to speak: I am a child!”’, says Jeremiah. ‘Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth and said to […]

  • Homily for Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

    ‘May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace.’

  • Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family

    We’ve all heard of the Scottish Government’s Named Person Scheme. It has not yet passed into law, but is being piloted in various places, including here. It aims to provide […]

  • Homily for Midnight Mass

    Christmas works. Every year we have the same prayers, same readings, same rituals; we hear the same story; we see the same decorations. But it doesn’t pall. It’s always fresh. […]

  • Homily on Feast of St Stephen

    Today is the feast of St Stephen. He’s the protomartyr, the first of many to give their lives for Christ. He’s a protodeacon, one of the first seven appointed by […]

     

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