Homilies For This Week
Homily Archive
Wednesday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
What could be described as a beautiful creed about Jesus is today's first reading. It is a wonderful profession of our belief about the life and...
Jesus Way Is The Only Way
Wednesday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
What is real love? Saint Paul gives us the criteria. Real love is patient and kind, not jealous nor snobbish. Real love does not put on airs and is...
Jesus' Way Is The Only Way
Thursday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Hard-headed rationalists boast that they only believe what they are able to discover for themselves. That kind of boast may impress people who aspire...
We Are All in Need Of Christ's Forgiveness
Friday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Timothy is being encouraged to teach sound doctrine by Saint Paul in today's first reading. To teach otherwise would be ignorant and full of...
Recognising Our Spiritual Poverty
Friday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The Corinthian Christians believed in Christ's Resurrection but not in the resurrection of the body. Greek philosophy saw the body as a prison for...
Recognising Our Spiritual Poverty
Saturday of Week 24 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The Christians in the church at Corinth were worried about the life to come. Most of them came from a Greek background that believed the soul would...
How Does Our Heart Receive God's Word?
Sunday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Year A
We can all feel for the men in today's Gospel who had worked hard the whole day and found themselves being paid the same as those who had only worked...
Do We Overlook Blessings In Disguise?
Sunday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Year B
Our Gospel reading today illustrates just how human the 12 Apostles were! Jesus wanted to spend precious time with them to teach them about His...
Following The Lord's Life Of Service
Sunday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Each country has its own currency. Any person travelling to a foreign country must have adequate foreign currency to spend. Having lots of cash and...
How to Win Heavenly Friends
Monday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
A man’s car broke down on a busy street. He raised the bonnet and began a fruitless search for the problem. Motorists swerved around him, some...
God Is Always In Charge - And Truth Matters
Tuesday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Sometimes a wife complains to her husband that he never says he loves her any more. The husband replies, 'You know I love you. I work hard at my job...
The Ties That Bind
Wednesday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The honesty of the prayer of Ezra is to be admired. He felt like the sinner in 'Amazing Grace' who with shame listed the failings of his people and...
Carrying On The Work Of Christ
Wednesday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
“God is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.” These are comforting words from the book of Proverbs in the First Reading today. Many...
Carrying On The Work Of Christ
Thursday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
An uneasy conscience is something painful to live with, as we can see in today’s readings. Herod was disturbed by all the reports he was hearing...
Putting The Interests Of The Lord First In Life
Thursday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
You could claim that today's First Reading is the bleakest and most pessimistic passage in the entire Bible. Although the author believed in God, he...
We Are More Than A Mere Breath
Friday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
When the people returned to Jerusalem after their exile in Babylon, they must have been discouraged by the huge task that lay before them. They...
Do Not Be Afraid, I Am With You
Friday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
There is an appointed time for everything, as today's First Reading tells us. It describes the events in every life and their place in every life....
Do Not Be Afraid - I Am With You
Saturday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Zechariah, like Haggai, was a prophet. They both shared the same hopes for a restored and renewed Jerusalem. Zechariah had a vision of the city with...
Being Enthusiastic About Our Faith And Ignoring The Obvious
Saturday of Week 25 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The author of the book of Ecclesiastes does not sound optimistic. The reason is that despite his belief in God, he lived in an era when there was no...
There Is Meaning To Our Life
Sunday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Year A
In today's parable of the two sons Jesus was direct and came right to the point. He showed up the hypocrisy of the chief priests and elders of the...
Have We Turned Over A New Leaf In God's Vineyard?
Sunday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Year B
It was during a parish Mission that I remember visiting a particular home. The moment I entered I sensed a very unhappy and cold atmosphere. When the...
Hell
Sunday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Religious faith brings good out of some people and bad out of others.
Some become generous, kind and loving. Others become cold, harsh and cruel. It...
Our Faith Should Make Us Strong and Sensitive To Human Needs
Monday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Zechariah preached when times were hard for his people. They were discouraged and disheartened about their future. But in the rebuilding of the...
A Warning For Our Times From Jesus
Monday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Suffering is one of the most perplexing of human experiences. If only evil people suffered as a punishment for their wickedness and if good people...
Suffering Is Part Of God's Plan
Tuesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Zechariah looked forward to a day when Jerusalem would be a source of blessing, not only for the Jews but for pagans as well. That hope has been...
The Beginning Of Ecumenism
Tuesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Job was so miserable in his misfortunes that he wished he had never been born. He was near despair because he could not see any reason or purpose for...
The Beginning Of Ecumenism
Wednesday of Week 26 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Nehemiah was a Jew who had risen to some prominence in the court of King Artaxterxes of Persia but his heart was in his beloved city of Jerusalem....
Beware Of Making Empty Promises
