The Temple of Herod was huge. Its walls enclosed an area covering some 35 acres. Nearly all of that was open air, with various impressive colonnades and gates and dividing walls.
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 29 September 2019, Sunday 26C: Luke 16:19-31
Visit of the Relics of St. Thérèse to Pluscarden
Talk in the presence of the Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Watch the visit of the Relics of St. Therese to Pluscarden
The Relics of St. Thérèse at Pluscarden - Weds 11 Sept
Homily for Sunday 21C, 25 August 2019; Luke 13:22-30
Homily given at the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 18 C, 4 August 2019, Luke 12:13-21
Nothing is more certain than that life is short, and that all of us will have to die. You don’t really need divine revelation to tell you that: it’s been a favourite theme of poets and philosophers throughout the ages. The Wisdom writers of the Old Testament, who were both poets and philosophers, loved to dwell…