Homilies For This Week
Homily Archive
Saturday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Praise of humanity and its unique place in God’s creation is the theme of the First Reading today. He made us in His own image and master of His...
How Great Is God's Love For Us
Saturday of Week 7 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Prayer should characterise all aspects of our lives and not just moments of crisis, Saint James tells us in today's first reading. "If anyone of you...
Pray At All Times
Sunday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Year A
God loves all His children and provides for them. This was what Jesus was talking about in today’s Gospel. He assured them that there was no...
God Provides So Why Do We Worry?
Sunday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Very often we think that people could make the world a better place by simply changing their own lives. They don't have to change the world, just...
The Starting Place For Corrections
Monday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Each one of us has one thing in common. We all sin. Every one of us falls short of God's glory in lots of ways. Not even the sacrament of Baptism...
Jesus Must Come First
Monday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
There is a saying that 'Blood is thicker than water' which means family ties should be more solid than other relationships. But one relationship is...
Be A Good Family Person
Tuesday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
An exhortation to us to be generous to God when we offer our gifts is the message of today's first reading. We should be cheerful, not stinting in...
The Most Precious Gift Ever Given To Us
Tuesday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
An elderly man lay dying. Calling his grandson he shared with him the wisdom of his years. 'In all you do, seek the truth, not money because it...
Building Your Faith On Truth
Wednesday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today's first reading was written around 175 BC during the time of Greek domination in the Middle East. Although the Greeks made a tremendous...
Empty Yourself As Jesus Does
Wednesday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
One of the main purposes of the first letter of Saint Peter, which we begin reading today, is to indicate the importance of Baptism, a new birth, in...
What Our New Birth Means
Thursday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Towards the end of his book of Ecclesiasticus Ben Sira summed up all his considerations on God's wisdom with a long poem praising God for revealing...
The Father And The Son's Love For Us
Thursday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The role of a prophet is explained by Saint Peter when he says, “It was this salvation that the prophets were looking and searching for, their...
Do We Give All For Jesus?
Friday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
By narrating the stories of various Old Testament saints Ben Sira is hoping to move his readers to emulate them in their own lives.
Just as the...
Good Example Has Shaped Our Lives
Friday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
When we use the phrase that someone is worth their weight in gold we are trying to express how precious is that person. But with fluctuations in the...
How Precious Each One Of Us Is In God's Eyes
Saturday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The first reading beautifully describes Sirach’s love affair with Wisdom. “When I was still a youth, before I went travelling in my prayers I...
Jesus Faces His Opponents Firmly
Saturday of Week 8 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
In the earliest days of the Church the title 'priest' was reserved to Jesus Christ. Whenever the priesthood was applied to a human person, it was...
What Love Jesus Has For Us!
Monday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today we begin reading from the Book of Tobit, the story of a devout lsraelite family forced to live in exile in the pagan city of Nineveh. The...
The Contrast Between Tobit And The Pharisees
Monday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
We were lost in obscurity and poverty and God searched us out, united us to Himself and in a relationship, not unlike marriage, elevates us to His...
Are We Testing The Patience Of God
Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Yesterday we left Tobit sleeping out in the open under the wall of the courtyard of his house. Because of the heat, his face was uncovered. As he...
A Taxing Question
Tuesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Some people are born worriers and worry about things which are beyond their control. They even worry about when and how the end of the world will...
Thy Kingdom Come
Wednesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today Tobit shows his true mettle. Although he had been blinded by a freak accident and his wife had turned against him, he remained faithful to God....
God Hears Our Prayers
Wednesday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
There is such confidence and conviction in Saint Paul's writings to Timothy - he has no doubts about his credentials and mission. He is convinced...
"We Believe In The Resurrection Of The Body"
Thursday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
To most Catholics the word vocation means a calling to the priesthood or religious life. But there are many other vocations including marriage and...
Love Your Neighbour As Yourself
Thursday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Saint Paul is so sure of his mission and message. His mission is to preach the Good News that "Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, sprung from the...
Do We Live Our Mission And Message Of Love
Friday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Tobit was blinded by a freak accident. He turned to God in prayer for help. His prayer was to be answered when his son, Tobias, returned from his...
Open In Accepting God's Will
Friday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
"Ever since you were a child you have known the holy scriptures." Could these word of Saint Paul to Timothy be said of you and me? Those of us who...
His Words Delight Our Hearts
Saturday of Week 9 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
It is clear from today's Gospel reading that Jesus was not impressed by the scribes. He could see right through their pretence to their real motives....
How To Give Alms
