Homily
Reflection for Fifth Sunday of Lent. Year A. 29th of March, 2020. Ezekiel 37:12-14. Psalm 130:1- 2,3-4,5-7,7-8. Romans 8:8-11. John 11:3-7,17,20- 27,33-45 (Longer form: John 11:1-45)
The concept of a grave brings to mind the place of the dead, the place of no return, the place where there is no life. Death is inevitable. Everyday about...
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Today is Laetare Sunday. The liturgy, our Church’s worship tells us to rejoice. We rejoice because God is our Shepherd. We rejoice because he brought us out of the darkness...
Read moreReflection for the First Sunday of Lent. Year A. 1st of March, 2020. Genesis 2:7-9;3:1-7. Psalm 51:3-4,5-6ab,12-13,14,17. Romans 5:12-19. Matthew 4:1-11.
We just started the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday with the adminis- tration of ashes to remind ourselves of our mortality and the need for repentance. This spiritual journey...
Read moreReflection for Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A. 23rd of February, 2020. Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18. Psalm 103:1-2,3-4,8,10,12-13. 1 Corinthians 3:17-23. Matthew 5:38-48.
I n our Readings today, the Scripture tells us to be holy as our heavenly Father is holy. The same Scripture offers us what a Christian should do to achieve...
Read moreReflection for Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A. 16th of February, 2020. Sirach 15:15-20. Psalm 119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34. 1 Corinthians 2:6-10. Matthew 5:17-37.
J esus tells us in today’s Gospel that: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but...
Read moreReflection for 9th of February, 2020. Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A. Isaiah 58:7- 10. Psalm 112:4-5,6-7,8a,9. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. Matthew 5:13-16.
J esus tells us today in the Gospel: “You are the salt of the earth” (Matt.5:13). Salt is something very useful. There is no kitchen without salt. Hardly any food...
Read moreReflection for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Sunday. 2nd of February, 2020. Malachi 3:1-4. Psalm 24:7,8,9,10. Hebrews 2:14-18. Luke 2:22-40.
The feast was first observed in the Eastern Church as “The Encounter”. In the sixth cen- tury, it began to be observed in the West in Rome, with a more...
Read moreReflection for Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A. 26th of January, 2020. Isaiah 9:1-4. Psalm 27:1,4,13-14. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17. Matthew 4:12- 23
We have in the first reading the proph- ecy of Isaiah: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep...
Read moreReflection for Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A. 19th of January, 2020. Isaiah 49:3,5-6. Psalm 40:2,4ab,7-8a,8b-9,10. 1 Corinthians 1:1-3. John 1:29-34.
God gave us life and put us where we are for a reason. No creation and placement is without a purpose. We must identify that purpose as our mission and...
Read more“Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased . . .”
The word Trinity does not ap- pear even once in the New Testament. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the New Testament doesn’t teach us a lot about the Trinity....
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