Homily Archive

Wednesday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
How do we know that the Holy Spirit is working in us rather than the spirit of the age or the spirit of ourselves? Saint Paul in today's First...
Are We Motivated By Love Of The Lord?
Thursday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Throughout Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans he uses the words law and faith frequently. It is important to understand them as he intended them to...
Speak Up For God And You Will Be Persecuted
Thursday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
If ever we wonder what life is about or why God created us, today's First Reading will enlighten us. Saint Paul lists four great truths that apply to...
Speak Up For God And You Will Be Persecuted
Friday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
We refer to Abraham as “our father in faith” in the First Eucharistic Prayer which means that we trace the origin of our faith in the one true...
The Only Person We Need To Fear Is Our Father
Friday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The doctrine of predestination has troubled many ordinary believers. According to orthodox teaching, God both foreknows and predestines everything...
The Only Person We Need To Fear Is Our Father
Saturday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
There was no better example of faith that Saint Paul could choose for the Romans than Abraham. He listened when God spoke to him even though he did...
Are We Bold Witnesses For Christ?
Saturday of Week 28 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Saint Paul heard how the Church at Ephesus was fulfilling the commandment to love God and love their neighbour and how strong was their faith in...
Are We Bold Witnesses For Christ?
Sunday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Year A
Jesus is placed by His enemies in what we would call a difficult situation in today's Gospel reading. He is approached by an alliance of two groups,...
Where Do Our Loyalties Lie?
Sunday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Year B
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, are two of the all-time heroes of the Christian faith. They were seemingly closer to Jesus than any of the...
How To Be Great
Sunday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Year C
The widow in today’s Gospel teaches us about the power and necessity of prayer. More confusion surrounds prayer than any other religious activity....
Is Prayer Necessary?
Monday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
We have to admire our father Abraham. He had tremendous faith and trust in God's promises. He was a very old man and his wife Sarah too was very...
How "Rich Towards God" Are We?
Monday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
We have all seen a film in which a lifeless man has been dragged from a swimming pool, given the kiss of life and in a few moments he breathes again....
How "Rich Towards God" Are We?
Tuesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The fall of one man, Adam – which leads to death – is compared by Saint Paul with the obedience of one man, Christ – which leads to life. This...
Will We Be Ready For Our Master's Return?
Tuesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Once again Saint Paul tells us what we mean to Christ and what He has done for us. He wants us to consider just who we are and how precious we are in...
Will We Be Ready For Our Master's Return?
Wednesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Scripture teaches that humanity has been infected by a tendency to wrongdoing. As a result individual lives, families and entire nations have been...
How To Walk Every Day With Jesus
Wednesday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Saint Paul could never quite understand why God had favoured him to carry the Gospel to the Gentiles. He considered himself the least of all...
How To Walk Every Day With Jesus
Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
We were once slaves to sin. Now, through the grace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are able to obey God, to present ourselves as slaves to...
Slaves Not To Sin But To Christ
Thursday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
What a powerful prayer Saint Paul has for the Ephesians and for us - that they and we may grasp the breadth, the length, the height and the depth of...
The Love Of Christ
Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Listen carefully to the words of St. Paul. “Instead of doing the good things I want to do, I carry out the sinful things I do not want…In fact,...
Only Jesus Can Save Us And The Wonders That Our Father Has Prepared For Us
Friday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
From his prison in Rome Saint Paul is encouraging the Ephesians to lead lives worthy of their calling, to live selfless lives in gentleness and...
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism And The Wonders Our Father Has Prepared For Us
Saturday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Saint Paul talks about the spiritual and unspiritual in today's first reading. We are definitely meant to be numbered among the spiritual, called to...
Are We Ready If The Lord Calls?
Saturday of Week 29 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Saint Paul talks about the different offices in the church in the First Reading today. Each is like a different part of the body, indispensable and...
Profess The Truth With Love And Are We Ready If The Lord Calls?
Sunday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time - Year A
The Pharisees I am sure could recite the Ten Commandments backwards. They were forever trying to break them down into sections and prioritise them....
Loving God And Our Neighbour
Sunday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time - Year B
The sense that I treasure most is my sight. So I can feel for the blind man in today's Gospel. When Jesus asked him what he wanted he replied,...
A Sacred Discontent Can Be The Making Of Us
Sunday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time - Year C
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in today's Gospel was addressed to those people who were self-confidently sure, considered...
Who Are You? Pharisee Or Sinner?
Monday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Life lived according to the spirit, or the flesh, is what Saint Paul talks about in today’s first reading. A life lived according to the spirit...
Do We Believe In The Power Of Jesus To Help Us?
Monday of Week 30 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The missionary churches that Saint Paul established and supported consisted of converts from paganism. He wanted them to make a real impact on their...
Do We Believe In The Power Of Jesus To Help Us?