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Bishop Nicholas Hudson Addresses and Homilies

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Priestly Ordination of Rev Philip Harrison SJ and Rev Kensy Joseph SJ
Given at the ordination to the priesthood of Rev Philip Harrison SJ and Rev Kensy Joseph SJ at St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill on 30 'I will give you shepherds,' we hear the Lord promise on the lips of the prophet Jeremiah. And today we see...Read more
For the peace of Jerusalem pray
For the peace of Jerusalem pray
Christmas reflection 2017 I was privileged to spend a week in Bethlehem last January. I was able to sit alone in the cave which we believe to be the site of Jesus's birth, beneath the wonderful Church of the Nativity. I was transported back t...Read more
Christmas Celebration 2017
Christmas Celebration 2017
When my parents were elderly, I used to join them every Christmas Eve. We'd listen to Carols from King's. They'd be sitting next to each other. I noticed that at one point in the service they would always join hands. It was at the point, dur...Read more
Diaconate Ordination of Eight Jesuits
There was a parish which invited a famous actor to come and recite some of their favourite writings. The actor recited all different kinds of texts.   As the evening neared its end, he said he would recite just one more. They asked him to recite...Read more
Mercy's Ever-youthful Face
At Christmas we celebrate God's eternal youth in the child born in Bethlehem.  I was touched, on arriving in Krakow for World Youth Day, to hear Pope Francis say to the young pilgrims, 'The world wants to learn from you that the Father's me...Read more
Feast of the Martyrs of the Venerable English College
'Paid to a Frenchman who took away the priest's bowels after he had been hanged: 20s; for coals to make the fire: 6d; for a wright's axe, to behead the priest: 4s. 6d; for a hand axe and a cutting knife, to rip and quarter him: 14d; and for ...Read more
Stella Maris Mass 2016
Extract from the homily given at the Apostleship of the Sea Stella Maris Mass at Westmisnter Cathedral on 22 September 2016. Hail, Queen of Heaven has to be one of my favourite hymns. I think it's due partly to the fact that I find the stars ...Read more
Proclaim 16 Conference in Australia
Jesus is preparing his friends for his departure. He tells them, 'the time will come for the bridegroom to be taken away from them.' I like the slightly irreverent story of how when Jesus ascended to heaven, the first person he met was the Ar...Read more
Mass for Victims of Nice Attack
I wept when I heard the news on Friday morning of the terrorist atrocity in Nice. When I heard how many children and young people had been crushed, I thought, 'the Massacre of the Innocents'! I wept. And I am sure Jesus wept too. His visit, of...Read more
Thanksgiving for Leadership of Nicholas Soar, Executive Headteacher of Bishop Challoner Schools
Ladies and Gentlemen, Service is the key to discipleship. That's the message Jesus wants us to take from the Gospel which we heard in today's Mass. 'The one who rules is to be the one who serves,' he says. And 'I am among you as one w...Read more
Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
Exactly one hundred years ago, politicians, generals and countless families were coming to terms with the casualties of that fateful first day of battle. Some 20,000 had been killed and another 40,000 were wounded or reported missing. Walking alon...Read more
Thanksgiving at Cardinal Hume Centre
The Last Judgement could be really difficult! Some you will have been here in 1994 when Cardinal Hume told you as much: 'the last Judgement might be embarrassing for many of us,' he said.  To hear the Lord say, 'I was hungry and you gave me...Read more
Diaconal Ordination Mass 2016
Dear Carlos, Joseph, Julio and Michael, thank you for offering yourselves today for service as deacons.  By ordaining you on this feast day, the Church gives you a good patron to accompany you for the rest of your lives in the person of Barnabas ...Read more
Our Lady's Convent High School Mass on Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Jean-Pierre Bély was an intensive care nurse who began to experience profound tiredness in his mid-thirties and in his late forties was diagnosed with MS and became wheelchair-bound. Friends and family suggested he go on pilgrimage to Lourdes. H...Read more
Ash Wednesday in Canary Wharf
It's good always, on Ash Wednesday, to remind ourselves that Lent means 'lengthening'. And, of course, it's true: no sooner does Lent start than we begin to notice the days lengthening; we realise the spring equinox is approaching,  or, r...Read more
Blessing of Church Door at Kentish Town
So you have a new church door!  It's good to reflect on what the church door symbolises. For those of you who were born in this parish, it's the doorway through which your parents brought you for baptism. It's the doorway through which p...Read more
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