Category Archives: Weekday Homily

ACTS 15:22-31; PSALM 57; JOHN 15:12-17 Love one another as I have loved you. This is not a burden, an impossible task, but an invitation to the fullness of love and life that Jesus lived. Again, Jesus says “I do not call you servants any longer … but friends.” Moses and the prophets were known […]

ACTS 15:7-21; PSALM 96; JOHN 15:9-11  “Remain in my love” Jesus asked his disciples to remain in his love. How can this be? We can remain in his love only when we keep his commandments.  We cannot claim to love God and not keep his commandments. In the first reading, the early Church practiced love. […]

 ACTS 15:1-6, PSALM 122 AND JOHN 15:1-8 The branches depend on the stem for survival; but the stem does not depend on its branches for survival.  Jesus himself says in John.15:5  apart from me you can do nothing. St Paul imitates these words in Phil.4:13 I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me. […]

Acts 14:19-28; Psalm 144; John 14:27-31 John 14:27 says “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”  Christ gift of peace is not a state, but a relationship. It […]

1CORINTHIANS 15:1-8; PSALM 19; JOHN 14:6-14 The first reading speaks of the Lord’s appearance to James, then to all the Apostles. Last of all, the Lord appeared to Paul. Beloved, the Lord’s appearance to his apostles doubles as a mandate for them to witness to him. Our encounter with Jesus must be reflected in our […]

ACTS 13:44-52; PSALM 98; JOHN 14:7-14 In the gospel Jesus said to Philip, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?” Philip could be any of us; it is very much possible to be in the Church for years without knowing who Jesus is. This explains why […]

ACTS 13:26-33; PSALM 2; JOHN 14:1-6 Jesus said to Thomas “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”. This is Jesus’ farewell speech. Farewell speech lets you say goodbye to your colleagues and publicly acknowledge their help, friendship and offer them words of encouragement to carry on irrespective of odds.  In doing this, Jesus […]

  ACTS 13:13-25/PSALM 89:2-3,21,22,25,27/ JOHN 13:16-20   “Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him” (John 13:16). Service is what makes a servant relevant. Jesus recounted severally in this gospel that he is one with the Father; because he came […]

ACTS 12:24-13:5; PSALM 67; JOHN 12:44-50 The first reading recounted Paul and Barnabas missionary work in Antioch and thereafter in Cyprus and southern Turkey. The word of God continued to spread and gained followers. We are the missionaries of our time. It is our primary duty to spread the word of God not solely to […]

ACTS 11:19-26; PSALM 87; JOHN 10:22-30 “It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians.’” Who will call us Christians today? The disciples were called Christians because their words and deeds were like Christ. Therefore, a Christian is someone whose behavior and heart reflects Jesus Christ. A Christian does the will of Jesus and keeps his […]