I recall when I first saw this text from the Holy Rule: I thought it rather odd. The Abbot holds the place of Christ, because he is called by Christ’s name, when we address him as Father. Well: I’d never thought of calling Christ Father, or of…
Homily for the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 28 June 2020: Matthew 16:13-19
Homily for the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist - Patronal Feast of Pluscarden
Homily for the Sacred Heart Year “A”, 19 June 2020: 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30
I once saw a little wooden cross - maybe it was in our shop here, I don’t recall - the sort people wear unostentatiously around their neck, or perhaps on a lapel. This one was quite plain, except for the figure of a heart outlined, very simply, at its centre. I thought that a fine expression of the great truth…
Homily for Corpus Christi, 14 June 2020
For nearly everyone in this country, today’s Feast must be kept as a fast: yet another, in the long series. No Mass; no Holy Communion; no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament; no Eucharistic Hymns; no solemn Procession; no final Benediction; no public communal celebration of the heart of our Catholic Faith. Our…
Catechesis for Trinity Sunday by Bishop Hugh
Homily for Pentecost (“A”), 31 May 2020; John 20:19-23
Homily for Easter 7A, 24 May 2020, John 17:1-11
In the days between the Ascension and Pentecost, the Church offers for our meditation the 17th Chapter of St. John’s Gospel. The choice is a happy one, for the great Priestly Prayer of Jesus is especially well suited for these days. In the light of the mystery of the Ascension, this prayer points towards our heavenly destiny, and unveils…