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Bishop Nicholas Hudson Addresses and Homilies

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Douai Corpus Christi Homilies
Douai Corpus Christi Homilies
Given for the Corpus Christi celebrations in Douai on 19 Mass Homily I first came to Douai in the very week I left seminary. We were were a small group of seminarians; and we wished to retrace the steps of the first students from our College.…Read more
Sick & Retired Priests Patrons Mass
Sick & Retired Priests Patrons Mass
The Lord’s Prayer. 'Truly the summary of the whole Gospel,' Part of the reason is captured by the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which chooses to say, 'The Lord’s Prayer reveals us to ourselves at the same time as it reveals the Father to…Read more
Homily for Mass with the Institution of Lector
Homily for Mass with the Institution of Lector
There are so many different way of praying! Doesn’t the Catechism of the Catholic Church say there are as many different ways of praying as there are people who pray?! Dear Sean and Francisco, by this stage of your formation, you will have…Read more
Homily for the 400th Anniversary of the Canonisation of Ss Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier
Homily for the 400th Anniversary of the Canonisation of Ss Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier
Partners in mission. It’s an image which captures for me not only the relationship between seculars and the Society of Jesus but all that we celebrate today. Saints Ignatius Loyola, Francis Xavier and Philip Neri, Blessed Rutilio Grande, and…Read more
Homily for Sunday of the Word of God 2022
Homily for Sunday of the Word of God 2022
‘The Word was made flesh; he lived among us.’ A phrase which resonates deeply within us, not least because we hear it proclaimed every Christmas night. Today that Word reveals himself as the fulfilment of the divine Word revealed in Holy…Read more
Christmas Celebration Reflection
Christmas Celebration Reflection
How moving to hear Cardinal Hume describe the mystery of the Incarnation! I always think of him when I enter this building and see his tomb. I find myself remembering the day he first showed me his Cathedral. I’d been ordained just a few weeks;…Read more
150th Anniversary of Wapping Parish
150th Anniversary of Wapping Parish
“To get us all to heaven.” That surely is the goal which unites every Parish Priest from Fr Andrew backwards. I like, on this day, to imagine all of them, not only the priests but the tens or hundreds of thousands of parishioners who…Read more
Mass at Archway on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
Mass at Archway on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
We have Cardinal Vincent to thank for this beautiful picture, as well as, of course, Alexander Talbot-Rice, its inspired creator. Alexander offered it to the Cardinal as a gift; and the Cardinal was clear it should reside here in this beautiful…Read more
Mass with the Diocese of Westminster Youth Ministry team
Mass with the Diocese of Westminster Youth Ministry team
Given at SPEC Retreat Centre in Pinner at a Mass to start the new year and bless the retreat leaders, on 7th September 2021. I hope you find these readings affirming, not only of your Mission Statement but of the whole vision you work out of.…Read more
Bishop Nicholas celebrates Mass for St Oscar Romero's 104th birthday
Bishop Nicholas celebrates Mass for St Oscar Romero's 104th birthday
That image we all know so well of St Oscar with blood streaming from his nose and ears is of a man transfigured, transfigured by justice. Of course, he’d seen it coming: “In El Salvador, the sky has turned red,” he had said. “Putting…Read more
Homily for Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate 2021
Homily for Ordinations to the Permanent Diaconate 2021
Brendan and Jayson, I want first and foremost to thank you for your generosity in saying ‘yes’ to the call of Jesus to serve him in the Church as Deacons. It is a deeper commitment to service that you make today. But I sense, from my…Read more
Diaconal ordination Mass of Xavier de Bénazé SJ
Diaconal ordination Mass of Xavier de Bénazé SJ
Xavier, you will probably never know fully the impact your becoming a Deacon and then, please God, a Priest, will have had upon all the people who know you. What you will know is that the impact will be all the greater if you’re able to respond…Read more
Homily for the feast of St Peter and St Paul
Homily for the feast of St Peter and St Paul
Given on the feast of St Peter and St Paul, 29th June 2021, at the Church of St Mary and St Michael, Commercial Road. The Mass was attended by Year 9 students from Bishop Challoner Catholic Federation of Schools. When Paul’s head was cut off,…Read more
Closing Mass for the Virtual Lourdes Pilgrimage
Closing Mass for the Virtual Lourdes Pilgrimage
St Bernadette loved this place, as we all do. Years after she left Lourdes, she used to say, ‘I wish I could just fly to Lourdes in a balloon and be at the grotto!’ In many ways, our virtual pilgrimage has been just like that. With Bernadette...Read more
Image: Fr Lawrence Lew OP
Address at Lambeth Palace for Thy Kingdom Come 2020 pre-launch
On 25 I’ve been to the Upper Room, or at least to the Medieval chamber built on what is held to be the site of the Upper Room. Many of you will have been there too. I had the privilege of spending an hour there alone recently. How I prayed! Y...Read more
The Presentation explains Christmas
The Presentation explains Christmas
Have you still got your crib up at home? I have. It’s a custom I learnt from abroad. I know, in England, we tend to take all the Christmas decorations down after the New Year; or, if not at the actual New Year, around 12 The way it’s descri...Read more
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