Category Archives: Weekday Homily

JONAH 3:1-10; PSALM 51; LUKE 11:29-32 ******** “The Ninevites turned from their evil way.” Jonah was sent to the people of Nineveh to warn the people of God’s wrath at their wrong-doing. They received Jonah’s message with so much remorse, declared fasting and penance and they repented. This story reminds of the importance of penance […]

ISAIAH 55:10-11; PSALM 34; MATTHEW 6:7-15 The gospel presents us with the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus gives us a model of prayer in the Our Father. The prayer begins with a focus on God. Often times our prayers tend to focus on our situations, wants and fears rather than God. This prayer comes in during this […]

1PETER 5:1-4; PSALM 23; MATTHEW 16:13-19 Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter as the first bishop of Rome. He was formally called Simon; living and working in Capernaum as a fisherman when Jesus called him to be one of the Twelve Apostles. Jesus bestowed to Peter a special place […]

Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 24; 1Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 ****** There are two homily notes here; scroll down the page. You can equally press the red bell button at the left hand side of the page to subscribe so that you can always receive notification whenever there is an upload. Leave us with your comments and […]

ISAIAH 58:9-14; PSALM 86; LUKE 5:27-32 The first reading says “if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.” This statement simply implies charity. Charity is one of the basic themes of lent and […]

Isaiah 58:1-9; Psalm 51; Matthew 9:14-15 Isaiah speaks of a true fast as against putting on a false impression. For him, true fast makes us to renounce our transgressions and engage in pratical works of mercy. Similarly, in the gospel the theme of fasting was the subject of debate between the disciples of John and […]

DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20; PSALM 1; LUKE 9:22-25   See, “I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.” Moses asked the people to make a choice between life and death. If they obey God’s commandments they will live; but if they don’t they will certainly be destroyed. Beloved, let us keep God’s word and […]

JOEL 2:12-18; PSALM 50; 2CORINTHIANS 5:20-6:2; MATTHEW 6:1-6, 16-18   ********** The season of lent is here again. This is the great penitential season of the Church’s life. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, the night before Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy […]

GENESIS 4:1-5, 25; PSALM 50; MARK 8:11-13                                      Adam and Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel.  The former tilled the land while the latter was a shepherd. Cain brought fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. Abel for his part brought the firstborn of his flock. The Lord was pleased with […]

GENESIS 3:9-24; PSALM 89; MARK 8:1-10 After the fall, Adam and Eve were expelled from Garden of Eden. Disobedience disqualifies us from God’s friendship. Thus, Jesus says in John 15:14 “You are my friends if you do what I command you.” Beloved, God wants us to be with him. Friendship with God is a beautiful thing and he has made his friendship fully available to us. Jesus expressed this […]