Category Archives: Weekday Homily

Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm 103; Mark 6:1-6 “The Lord disciplines him whom he loves.” discipline is the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. Punishment is not meant to destroy but to make people better. The indiscipline of Jesus’ neighbours was expressed in the way […]

Malachi 3:1–4/Psalm 24:7,8,9,10/Hebrews 2:14–18/Luke 2:22–40 Today is the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. which occurs forty days after our celebration of the birth of Jesus. The Holy family made a journey from Bethlehem to Jerusalem in order to fulfill the law. Again, in today’s liturgy we carry out the practice […]

Hebrews 11:32-40, Psalm 31 and Mark 5:1-20 The demon-possessed man possessed weird strength. The gospel says he wrenched chains apart and roams around causing disorder because no one could subdue him. The man had strange strength. This story tells us something about Samson. Except Samson’s strength came from the Lord and this man’s strength came from […]

Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Psalm – Luke 1:69-75; Mark 4:35-41 Using the examples of Abraham and Sarah the first reading speaks about faith. It began by giving us a definition of faith as the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. God told Abraham he will be the father […]

  Hebrews 10:32-39; Psalm 96; Mark 4:26-34 ******** Jesus used different parables to speak to the people about the kingdom of God. Today’s gospel presents us with one of such parables – the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Mustard seed is small but produces a big shrub – with one faithful believer the whole world […]

Hebrews 10:19-25; Psalm 24; Mark 4:21-25 *************** “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed and not on a stand?” Jesus is the Lamp to be placed on the lamp stand. The light of Christ must shine. We are carrier of his light to the world. At baptism […]

Hebrews 10:11-18; Psalm 111; Mark 4:1-20 Today’s gospel presents us with the parable of the sower whose seed fell in various places.  The seed is the Word of God and the soil is the heart. This parable tells us how soil conditions can affect growth. Thus, the condition of one’s heart determines the spiritual growth of […]

2Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5; Psalm 95; Luke 10:1-9 Timothy and Titus were coworkers of St. Paul. Timothy was sent to Corinth, Philippi, and Thessalonica. Titus was sent to Corinth to assuage the tensions there and to collect money for the poor. He also worked in Crete and tradition has it that he served there […]

Acts 9:1-22; Psalm 116; Mark 16:15-18 The Apostle Paul is one of the best-known figures in the Bible. The letters he wrote thousands of years ago are still vital for us today. Before his conversion he persecuted the early church, whom he considered to be dangerous heretics. He arrested and imprisoned them, and was even […]

Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14; Psalm 47; Mark 3:20-21 What the blood of animals could not do; the blood of Christ did. With Christ, we have the means of restoring our inner holiness through his blood which he gave us. The “blood of Christ” is used several times in the New Testament to mean the sacrificial death […]