Christmas Midnight Mass 2019   Dear Brothers and Sisters: Today a Saviour has been born for us Who is Christ the Lord.  The Psalm for Midnight Mass takes up this message of the Angel to the Shepherds who were watching their flocks by night.  Reflecting on the wonder of that Heavenly encounter, and on all the shepherds went on to see in the Bethlehem stable, tonight’s Mass contemplates the God Who made this most sacred night radiant with the splendour of the true light.  The Mystery of the Messiah on earth has continued revealing itself down the ages to Christian souls who have come to see and wonder like the shepherds, even until this night.  The light of Bethlehem will shine on our poor world until that Happy Day when all is at last made manifest and humble worshippers delight in His gladness in Heaven.   

Feast of the Holy Family 2019 Sixtieth Anniversary of the Holy Family Parish, Port Glasgow     Dear brothers and sisters, it is a joy for me to be with you today in this Christmas Season and on the Feast of the Holy Family.  It is a delight to celebrate this Holy Mass with you on the occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary of this wonderful parish. 

After the long watching of the Advent season and, finally, all is at last made manifest, we can now enjoy the great promise in which we dared to hope. 

Feast of Corpus Christi Fiftieth Anniversary of the Opening of Saint Andrews Church   Dear brothers and sisters, it is a joy for me to be with you in Saint Andrew’s Parish, Greenock, on one of the most precious of Solemnities in our Liturgical Calendar, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 

Dear brothers and sisters, Today we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priest-hood and Religious Life.