11 April 2020

Homilies

Homily for the Good Friday Liturgy, 10 April 2020

11 April 2020

Homilies

The liturgy today presents to us both sides of the paradox of the Cross of Christ. In the first place, there is the subjective, human, emotional side. We are invited to consider, if we are able, how very great were the sufferings Jesus endured for…

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11 April 2020

Homilies

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 9 April 2020

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11 April 2020

Homilies

What is the significance of the Last Supper in the mystery of Christ’s saving death? What is its importance in the life of the Church? Without the Last Supper, the death of Jesus could be regarded as merely horrible, tragic, sad, a crime, a disaster…

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7 April 2020

Homilies

Homily for Palm Sunday, 5 April 2020: Matthew 26:14 - 27:66 etc.

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7 April 2020

Homilies

Throughout the country, and even throughout the world, the Churches today are empty. Here at Pluscarden we are blessed to be able still to celebrate Mass, but we do so with no lay congregation whatever. Because of this, and in accordance with instructions from…

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29 March 2020

Homilies

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent Year “A”, 29 March 2020, on John 11

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29 March 2020

Homilies

The raising of Lazarus is the last and greatest of the seven signs of Jesus reported by St. John. Coming immediately before the account of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, it clearly in…

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23 March 2020

Homilies

Homily for Lent 4A, Sunday 22 March 2020, on John Chapter 9

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23 March 2020

Homilies

St. Mark’s Gospel gives us a story about a blind man called Bartimaeus (10:46ff.). It’s quite a brief account, contained in only 7 verses. The climax of the story is its happy ending: Jesus performs the desired miracle; everyone is amazed, and Jesus…

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22 March 2020

Homilies

Homily for the Feast of St. Joseph, 19 March 2020

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22 March 2020

Homilies

Recently we read a book in the refectory called How the West really lost God. The author was Mary Eberstadt, an American academic, essayist, novelist, and Social Scientist. She has gained some notoriety in recent times as an orthodox Catholic…

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25 February 2020

Homilies

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Sunday 6A, 16 February 2020, Matthew 5:17-37

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25 February 2020

Homilies

We are in the Sermon on the Mount, according to St. Matthew. The lectionary gives us a series of extracts from that to be read over these Sundays before the beginning of lent. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus offers a description of those who belong to his Kingdom: their attitudes, their…

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11 February 2020

Homilies

Homily for Sunday 5A, 9 February 2020, Matthew 5:13-16

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11 February 2020

Homilies

There are two actors, or participants, in the Sermon on the Mount: Jesus and his disciples; “I” and “you”. The emphasis seems to be very much on the “you”. The word “you” occurs, by my calculation, 179 times in the Sermon on the Mount…