Homilies For This Week
Homily Archive
Tuesday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
God had a plan for the Hebrews. They were to be freed from the tyranny of Pharaoh and their leader was to be Moses. Pharaoh wanted to destroy the...
The Central Message Of Jesus' Teaching Still Applies... God's Providential Care Of Moses And Our Need To Repent
Tuesday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
We all like to hear good things about ourselves! This is especially true when we go to a doctor with the hope that there is nothing seriously wrong...
The Good Habit Of Examining Our Conscience
Wednesday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Throughout history God has always called people - both saints and sinners - to act on His behalf. They include the youthful Samuel to do a great work...
How Open Are We To God's Calling?
Wednesday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Today's First Reading from the prophet Isaiah has a strange and bellicose ring to it. We must understand its background. At that time Assyria was the...
God's Special Love For The Childlike
Thursday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
There is something special in a name. There is a certain intimacy in calling someone by their first name. It is virtually impossible to feel close to...
God's Name Is Love And He Carries Our Burdens
Thursday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A loving husband and wife who really want children look forward to the birth of their first child. The thought of bringing a child into the world...
Our Saviour's Love For Us
Friday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The origin and meaning of the feast of the Passover is explained in today's first reading. This feast was to become a yearly celebration of Israel's...
What I Want Is Mercy Not Sacrifice
Friday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Hezekiah, king of Judah, was desperate. Sennacherib, the Assyrian king, had declared war on all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Now...
God Speaks To Us In Subtle Ways
Saturday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years, latterly in slavery, and although God had a plan to free them He was very patient in carrying it...
Flight Instead Of Fight
Saturday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Some scholars have referred to the prophets of the Old Testament as being the conscience of the people of God. Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah, was...
We Must Act In Justice - But With Love Towards All
Sunday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Year A
How many of us to some degree are gossips and judgemental? The parable Our Lord tells us today is so relevant - and we have much to learn from...
What Right Have We To Criticise?
Sunday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Year B
During His public ministry Jesus was the number one celebrity in all of Israel. If word got out that He was in a particular place, a crowd would...
How Jesus Saw People
Sunday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Year C
A dinner party that went sour is the focus of today's Gospel reading. It was a spontaneous event although we know that Jesus was a friend of the...
The Importance Of Attitude In Our Lives
Monday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
There are some people in this world who are never satisfied. In a sense the Israelites mentioned in today's first reading were like that. After 430...
We Should Be Satisfied With God's Plan For Us
Monday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
The court scene in today's reading is of cosmic dimensions. All of Nature is called upon to be a witness in this trial of the people, in which God is...
What God Asks Of Us...
Tuesday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Today's first reading always reminds me of the wonderful way in which the lsraelites’ crossing of the Red Sea was portrayed in the 'Ten...
How To Be A Relative Of Jesus
Tuesday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Today's First Reading is a beautiful prayer asking God to shepherd His people. From an early period in the Old Testament era God as Shepherd was a...
How To Be Akin To Jesus
Wednesday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
Ex. 16:1-5, 9-15 & Mt. 13:1-9
God our loving Father continually cares for His people and He responds to human need. Even if a 'natural'...
God Will Provide And What Type Of Hearer Are You?
Wednesday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
A series of 15 readings from Jeremiah begins today. He was reluctant to accept the call from God in 626 BC because of his youth, but God told him,...
We Should Bear Fruit In The Midst Of Adversities
Thursday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
God is everywhere yet He is hidden from us. There seems to be a barrier between Him and us which prevents communication. Is this because He...
Are We Breaking Through The Sound Barrier?
Thursday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Both of today's readings, I find, are very sad. God and His Son Jesus have done so much for us and we do not return the love and adoration He is...
We Must Never Take God For Granted
Friday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
There are different ways to receive God's word - joyfully and fruitfully, or with indifference, resentment and frustration. Sadly we can even just...
How God's Commandments Make Us Free
Friday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
There are different ways to receive God's word - joyfully and fruitfully, or with indifference, resentment and frustration. Sadly we can even just...
How God Is With Us
Saturday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle I
We see how God ratified His covenant with His people in today's first reading. It was sealed when Moses sprinkled the blood of the sacrificed...
God's Love And Patience With Us
Saturday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
Jeremiah condemned the superstition of his time. Some of the people believed that simply because they possessed the temple in Jerusalem, God would...
A Good Life Cannot Buy Heaven For Us
Sunday of Week 17 in Ordinary Time - Year A
What is the meaning of your life? What is the note that strikes deep in your heart and brings all the other notes of your life into harmony? That one...
What Is The Only Thing That Matters To You?
Sunday of Week 17 in Ordinary Time - Year B
In a TV commercial a woman was asked, 'What is the worst four-letter word your child uses.' Her response was 'can't' … 'I can't spell. I can't do...
When The Task Seems Impossible
