24 August 2020 marked the twenty fifth anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood of Frs. Benedict Hardy and Ambrose Flavell. Fr. Benedict is currently Prior and novice master at the Abbey. Fr. Ambrose now finds himself a Priest of…
The text we heard from Romans in today’s second reading is very familiar to Pluscarden monks in its Latin version. Obsecro (itaque) vos fratres, per misericordiam Dei... These words of St. Paul are sung in several different contexts as a short…
God the Holy Trinity is perfectly blessed in Himself. He is an infinity of subsistent being, needing nothing whatever outside himself. God the Father eternally begets God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit eternally proceeds from Father and…
On Sunday 16 August 2020, the transferred Feast of the Assumption, Dom Martin Birrell joyfully celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his monastic vows. Especially in view of his role as Oblate Master, there were numerous oblates and friends of the community…
The psalms are full of this imagery of desperation in deep water. To the Hebrew mind, water was a natural image of anything dreadful, terrifying, destructive. The sea especially for them was a reminder of the…
During the First World War, the Government of the Ottoman Empire decided that it was necessary for the Armenian nation to be wiped out. So they initiated a genocide. One of the ways this was carried out was by driving people - men, women and…
