Homilies For This Week
Homily Archive
Saturday of Week 18 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A woman was diagnosed as having terminal cancer. She prayed for a cure but her condition only worsened. One friend told her that it was foolish to...
Our Suffering In The Face Of Faith Is A Mystery
Sunday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Year A
Today's reading from the First Book of Kings presents us with the prophet Elijah who, like us, learnt from personal experience that life sometimes...
Our God Is A Gentle God
Sunday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Year B
Across the centuries Christ has been worshipped and served as the virgin-born Son of God. He is unique, and so very different from us. In all of...
The Humanity of Jesus...
Sunday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Have we ever thought of Jesus being a financial advisor, an expert in money matters? We are familiar with Him talking about loving God, healing and...
Jesus, The Financial Advisor
Monday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Through Moses God is making an appeal to His people. He wants them to be like Himself. As He was dedicated to them, so they were to be dedicated to...
Taxes Are Necessary!
Monday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The temple in Jerusalem was very precious to the Jews, not because it was made of valuable stones and metals, but because it was the special abode of...
Jesus Is The Son Of God And We Are Temples Of The Holy Spirit
Tuesday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
There is a certain sadness about today's first reading. Moses had been the great hero of His people. He had resisted Pharaoh to his face, demanding...
God's Love Is Personal
Tuesday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Ezekiel, like many of the prophets, was sent by God to proclaim a message of warning to the people. The scroll represented this message of God and...
To Those Who Love God His Message Is Sweetness
Wednesday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Moses was soon to leave the world. With God's guidance he had led the lsraelites out of slavery and within sight of the Promised Land. Now his task...
We All Live Under Authority
Wednesday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Ezekiel was God's messenger to proclaim a warning that the city of Jerusalem would be destroyed because of the appalling sins of its people. The...
Do We Have Indomitable Faith?
Thursday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The power and the forgiveness of God are demonstrated in today's two readings. Is it possible to take a group of weak and simple people, devoid of...
God's Power And His Forgiveness
Thursday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
When the Lord called Ezekiel to be His prophet, He warned him that the people were a rebellious, impudent and stubborn nation. Ezekiel continually...
Does The Old Testament Prophet Have A Message For Us?
Friday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Some Pharisees attempt to test Jesus by asking Him whether it is lawful or not to divorce, in today's Gospel reading. His answer to them amazes His...
Be Loyal To God And Each Other
Friday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Ezekiel recounts, in a tender and graphic style, the immense love and mercy that God had shown His people. He had found them in pitiable and...
God Lavishes His Love On His People
Saturday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Just before his death Joshua gathered the people of Israel together to renew their covenant with the Lord. “As for me and my household, we will...
Our Covenant With God And Jesus' Love Of Children
Saturday of Week 19 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
God's love is unconditional. He loves us without any strings attached. But God's promises are another matter. He promises us that we will live, but...
What God's Conditional Promises Mean For Us
Sunday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Year A
Jesus had gone to the district of Trye and Sidon because He was tired and wanted, for a little while, to escape the pressing demands of His ministry....
What A Woman! And What An Example To Us!
Sunday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Year B
Some people have dreamed about finding the secret of living forever. When we are at our best, with minds at their sharpest and our hopes highest, we...
A Quality Of Life That Lasts
Sunday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Fear is a powerful force. It can silence our speech and paralyse our actions. It arises from threats to our needs: safety, respect, love, survival....
The Awesome Task of a Prophet
Monday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Of all the peoples in the world God chose the Israelites and set them apart to be His very own nation. How could they ever be so ungrateful to turn...
Keeping God's Commandments Is Not Enough
Monday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Of all the peoples in the world God chose the Israelites and set them apart to be His very own nation. How could they ever be so ungrateful to turn...
Keeping Commandments Is Not Enough
Tuesday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
A second-generation Israelite in the Promised Land had not grown up under Moses or Joshua, nor witnessed God’s power in parting the Red Sea or...
We Must Not Rely Upon Ourselves
Tuesday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The greatest sin is to try to make yourself God. This is what the ruler of Tyre did. He did not worship the Creator of Heaven and Earth - but...
How Foolish It Is To Play God
Wednesday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today's first reading is very mysterious. What are we to make of Jotham’s parable of the thorn bush? Abimelech and Jotham were sons of Gideon, who...
What Will We 'Deserve' From God?
Wednesday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Ezekiel heavily criticizes the leaders of Israel. He compares them to bad shepherds who are cruel to their sheep. They abuse their authority, by only...
Lessons For Anyone In Authority
Thursday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today’s first reading is one of the most shocking in all the Bible.
Jephthah, chosen by God to rescue the lsraelites from the attacks of the...
Be Sure You Are Not Rejected From The Wedding Feast
Thursday of Week 20 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The people of Israel went into exile because they defiled the Promised Land by their sinful deed - they broke the covenant with Yahweh and worshipped...
Be Sure You Are Not Rejected From The Wedding Feast
