Homilies For This Week
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Wednesday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A story is told about a king who was making a tour of his kingdom. He came across a very old man working in his vineyard. He asked him his age. 'Your...
We Only Live When We Love
Thursday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
We are children of Abraham. That is why, In the Eucharistic Prayer, we refer to him as “our father in faith”. For him faith meant much more than...
Faith Is Total Obedience
Thursday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, considered Amos obnoxious and insufferable, because he preached that everyone in the kingdom of lsrael should repent....
Never Judge By Appearances
Friday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Mourning the death of his wife, Abraham knew that he was soon to follow her. He also believed that God's plan of making him the father of a great...
Obedience And Mercy Endear Us To God
Friday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
There is an obvious connection between today's two readings - they both condemn greed and injustice. Amos criticises those businessmen who exploit...
Be Not Prejudiced
Saturday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Taking advantage of his father’s blindness and with the connivance of Rebekah, his mother, Jacob deceived the old man. He was his mother’s...
God Writes Straight With Crooked Lines
Saturday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Sometimes Amos has been referred to as a prophet of doom. Certainly his warnings about the infidelity of the people towards God were strong. But...
A Message Of Hope For Us
Sunday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Year A
Life in every generation has always been arduous - Jesus recognized this reality in the people of His day. Life was not easy for Him either, but He...
What To Do When We Are Weary
Sunday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Year B
After several months of travelling the country preaching, healing and performing miracles, Jesus decided to pay a visit to His home town of Nazareth....
The Facts Don't Reveal All
Sunday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Year B
Most of us like to go home, especially when we have been away for a long time. We look forward to being hugged and greeted by family and friends.
It...
What Reception Would We Give Jesus?
Sunday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Year C
Are you a marked person? If you wear a wedding ring it says to the world you have committed your life to another person. What does a scar from...
What Can Saint Paul Teach Us About Suffering?
Monday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Having deceived his father into giving him the blessing his brother should have received Jacob left home, because of the trouble he had caused in the...
The Infinite Love Of An Infinite God
Monday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
We can never fully appreciate the depth and intensity of God's love for us. The reason is that all we can do is to compare His love with what we...
Jesus Is Concerned About Everyone Of Us
Tuesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
To prevent his son Jacob from marrying a Canaanite woman, Isaac sent him off to Mesopotamia to find a wife. Today's reading omits his adventures...
Our Constant Struggle To Love God
Tuesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Hosea is known as the prophet of love. It was he who gave the people God's message, “I will betroth you to myself forever.” It must have been...
Being Cruel To Be Kind
Wednesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The story of Joseph in the Old Testament shows us how God guides the course of human events despite the evil intentions of some people.
Joseph was...
Joseph Rescued His Family. Jesus Rescues Us.
Wednesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A bleak picture of Israel is presented in today's first reading. The more luxurious the life of the people became, the more altars and shrines they...
The Faithfulness Of God
Thursday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Faced with famine Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to look for food. Their brother Joseph whom they had sold into slavery had risen to prominence there....
God Spread My Kingdom
Thursday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Today's reading is one of the high points of the Old Testament revelation about God. Hosea is the prophet of God's love despite the infidelity of His...
There Is No Limit To God's Love
Friday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The story of Joseph reveals God's plan at work in today's first reading. When Jacob realised that his son was still alive he set out for Egypt...
God Is Forming And Shaping Our Lives
Friday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Hosea is the prophet of God's love. Yesterday we saw how His love was touching and tender. He presented God as a Father who scoops His child, Israel,...
God Is Always There To Help Us
Saturday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The magnificent story of Joseph has a happy ending. He saves his family from starvation and his father, who presumed he was dead, had the happiness...
Our Task Is To Live The Good News In Our Every Day Lives
Saturday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Isaiah had a vision of Yahweh, seated on a glorious throne and surrounded by seraphs who cried out, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, His glory...
God Loves Us And Never Bears A Grudge
Sunday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Year A
Today Jesus tells us the parable of the sower. It is actually a story of how people handle the truth.
The farmer was sowing at a time before modern...
Harvesting The Truth
Sunday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Year B
If you serve God you have to be prepared to be opposed. You will find that not everyone loves you, or respects your service to God, or appreciates...
Gospel People Must Be Ready For Opposition
Monday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today we begin reading the book of Exodus from the Old Testament which describes the providential events that form the foundation of Israel as God's...
Jesus Comes Before Any Person Or Thing
Monday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A bribe is some kind of payment given with a view to perverting the judgement or corrupting the conduct of a person in a position of power.
It is a...
What Do The Choices We Make Say About Us?
