Mirabilis nimis facta est scientia tua super me; sublimis et non attingam eam – This knowledge is too wonderful for me; it’s high; I cannot attain it (Ps 138/139:6).
Homily for the Funeral of Jacqueline Carron, Mother of Fr. Joseph Carron Pluscarden Abbey: Thursday 21 December 2023 Fr. Joseph Carron
Mum was quite specific about what she wanted me to emphasise to you - it was what she wanted me to say to everyone gathered for her Mass in the parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Birmingham last Thursday. It was one thing. To pray for her. To pray for the repose of her soul.
No eulogy – simply an exhortation to pray.
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Homily for 10 December 2023, Advent 2B: Isaiah 40:1ff, 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8
“The day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then with a roar the sky will vanish, the elements will catch fire and fall apart, the earth and all it contains will be burnt up.”
A striking feature of prophecy in Holy Scripture is its tendency to pass back and forth between weal and woe; between consolation and rebuke; between joyful promise and terrifying threat. This feature also marks the Advent season, which more than any other is a season of prophecy. Advent prophesies, or prepares us for, the coming of Christ.