Bishop Nicholas Hudson Addresses and Homilies

'Where do I belong?' It's a key question for every human being.  Witness the migration in recent months of so many hundreds of thousands from Africa and Asia, each in search of a place to belong. It's the key to these readings.  Jesus ...Read more

7 July 2005 is one of those days when you remember exactly what you were doing when you heard the devastating news.  I was with Cardinal Cormac in Rome when someone said, 'You need to see this.'  The Cardinal had only just arrived.  As soo...Read more

'When you pray,' says the Lord, 'Go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that secret place.'  It is one of the mysterious things about being human that it is hidden from us how others pray:...Read more

One of the privileges of living in community is that you can pray alongside other people if you so wish. The mysterious thing is that you never know how they pray. Let's face it, you don't even ask your best friend, "How did you pray this m...Read more

I must say, I am delighted to be with you here tonight to represent His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Cardinal Vincent is, of course, Honorary President of Ming-Ai, as were Cardinals Murphy-O'Connor and Hume before him. Indeed, Ming-Ai g...Read more

Given at Guardian Angels Church, Mile End, on the occasion of Candidacy to the Permanent Diaconate on Gaudete Sunday, 14 December 2014.  One of my all-time favourite religious paintings is of a man pointing. He points behind him - like this. I...Read more