On the day before He suffered, Jesus fulfils one thing and inaugurates another. He fulfils the Old Testament with its old meal, the Passover, its old law and its old priesthood. He inaugurates the New Testament with its new meal, the Eucharist, the new law of loving service as He...
Loch Fearna is about 10 miles’ drive north of Lochinver. It took me 6 hours to get there when I went on retreat the other week. Once you get to the other side of Perth, the landscape gets more and more beautiful. The house I had taken looks directly onto...
It’s easy to get used to sin. Sometimes it’s because we like it; sometimes it’s because we seem unable to overcome it; sometimes it’s because we say that everyone else does it; sometimes it’s because we deny it is sin; and sometimes it’s because we justify it. But God can...
2023-Our Lady Income and Expenditure and Bank Balances 2023 2023-Our Lady, Millport Comments on AFR for 2023
2023-St Mary’s Income and Expenditure and Bank Balances 2023 2023-St Mary’s, Largs Comments on AFR for 2023
The homily below was delivered at Mass in St. Mary’s, Largs, on 16th February 2024, at 10am, on the occasion of the annual Day of Prayer in Scotland for those who suffer from abuse in the Church. The video link to the homily is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acbn1Py9CXM&t=8s and it begins at 52:20....
140124-Body for the Lord
HOW TO RESPOND: You can read the revised document here: Delivery of relationships, sexual health and parenthood education in Scottish schools: draft guidance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) THEN TO RESPOND ONLINE: Follow this link and complete the consultation on line using the skeleton responses in the attached WORD document. You...
Of late, as you know, I have discovered a new and close friendship across the barrier of death with young Blessed Carlo Acutis. I don’t consider this to be either a passing fad or a coincidence. In my inquiries with the Lord about all of you and about the way...
This article was published in the Largs and Millport Weekly News, 1st November 2023 The Gospel of Luke recounts the healing performed by Jesus on a woman who, for eighteen years, had suffered from an ailment which left her bent double (Luke 13:10-17). At one point, Jesus says that...
