• Sermon - Year A

    Corpus Christi

    Last Tuesday my friends, a married couple, with their children came to visit me. Despite the weather I’ve been trying to show them some interesting places in this part of Scotland and they’ve been very happy to see the hidden college in Scalan; they were impressed by the Ladder Hills (although the hills were mostly covered by mist); they’ve enjoyed…

  • Sermon - Year A

    The Holy Trinity

    A Scot, an Irishman and a Pole – three men of different age, life experience and from different backgrounds. Each one has been ordained by different bishops in different places, but all for the same purpose: to serve God and people in the Catholic Church. Their purpose is the same, but the range of duties and means are different. All…

  • Sermon - Year A

    7th Sunday of Easter

    Today’s gospel we’ve just heard might be difficult to understand – obviously not because of the reader – but because this text is complicated itself. Is there are a problem with the translation? Yes, there is. Let me explain this on my own. I was born and grown up in Poland, a country with its own history, culture and of…

  • Sermon - Year A

    6th Sunday of Easter

    Last Saturday was the Judgment Day. The earth was being gradually destroyed by enormous earthquakes at 6 o’clock local time. The believers were saved and the rest of the population was swept away. If you haven’t noticed such a fundamental change in your surroundings, don’t worry, you’re not the only one. At the beginning of 21st century it’s hard to…

  • Sermon - Year A

    5th Sunday of Easter

    Some time ago we faced a problem in Elgin. The number of children for first communion was so high that St Sylvester’s Church turned out to be too small to contain all candidates and their guests. In the hot debate about solving the problem one idea was to split the group. The criteria seemed to be obvious: a Polish group…