Bishop Nicholas Hudson Addresses and Homilies
There is something very poignant about Mgr Philip's Induction falling on the Feast of St Matthew. For anyone who has lived in Rome, Matthew is a saint upon whom one has reflected more than many. Very early on, one discovers Caravaggio's...Read more
I had the joy recently of presiding at ecumenical Vespers in the Charterhouse, here in the heart of London, close by Farringdon Station. We gathered to celebrate the Sesquicentenary, 650 I have found myself recalling in recent weeks, as we all...Read more
Bernadette knew what it was like to be accompanied by great crowds too. Indeed it was the crowds she was attracting to herself that made her decide she must leave Lourdes. She had begun to be followed wherever she went. On one occasion, she heard...Read more
This chapel is adorned with a beautiful icon. The icon of Our Lady behind me. It is called the icon of Our Lady of Grace, Notre Dame de Grace. Have you ever wondered why this particular icon should have been chosen for this place? It was...Read more
Caves are powerful places. In Lourdes, we're drawn inexorably to the cave of Massabielle, the cave of the apparitions. It's not till we've reached it that we say to ourselves, 'Thank you for bringing me back to Lourdes, Lord'. Also it was in a...Read more
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
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
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
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
'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
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
"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
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
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
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
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