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Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent
We’ve just heard the Gospel of the Transfiguration. It’s not what we’d expect. Such a contrast to last Sunday! Last Sunday it was the desert, a world of heat and […]
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Homily for the Station Mass
When Jesus turned water into wine at Cana, the wine was the very best and there was a great deal of it, between 120 and 150 gallons – just for […]
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Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent
Lent – these 40 days – Lent, Holy Week and Easter – Lent and the liturgical readings of Lent – Lent and the practices of Lent (prayer, fasting and almsgiving) […]
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Homily for the Mass of the Rite of Election
This is the first of our Station Masses, and a special one. Here are our 10 catechumens. Tonight they are being ‘chosen’, ‘elected’. They can now be called the ‘elect’. […]
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Homily for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time
We’re continuing to hear the Sermon on the Mount. We’ve heard it the last few Sundays and will hear it again next Sunday, the last before Lent. The Sermon on […]
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Envy
Faith Formation Seminar, Bishop’s House, 1 February 2014 Today we leave Evagrius’ 8 thoughts and follow instead Pope Gregory the Great (+604). It was he who first listed envy among […]
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Letter to the 22 MSPs
The following is a copy of the letter I sent to the 22 MSPs whose constituencies fall within the area of our diocese. 30 January 2014 Dear MSP I write […]
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Homily for 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen, 19 January 2014 Isaiah 49:3-6 – Ps 39 – 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 – John 1:29-34 Last Sunday was the feast of the Baptism of […]
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