Category Archives: Weekday Homily

1 CORINTHIANS 15:35-37, 42-49; PSALM 55; LUKE 8:4-15 Like seeds the word of God is spread across the world. However, there are factors that determine positive growth. The quality of the soil determines the growth that will be actualized. Beloved, what kind of soil are we? How do we receive the word of God? Our […]

1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-20; PSALM 16; LUKE 8:1-3 Paul says “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vein.” Therefore, Christianity is meaningful because Jesus rose from the dead. This is the pillar of our faith and the reason for eternal hope. The Gospel presents us with […]

  1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11; PSALM 118; LUKE 7:36-50   Paul gives a personal account of his message and the source of his authority. His message is true and his authority is the Scripture. He speaks of the resurrection; a new life in Christ Jesus. Yes a woman in the gospel received this new life.  Jesus […]

1 CORINTHIANS 12:31-13:13; PSALM 33; LUKE 7:31-35 In today’s first reading, Paul presents us with the striking issue of love and encourages us to desire higher gifts. Beloved, all gifts without love is vain. Love never ends but other gifts will pass away. Therefore, desire love and be enlisted in heaven. St. Paul further presented […]

Hebrews 5:7-9; Psalm 30; Luke 2:33-35   In the first reading we are told that Jesus Christ offered up prayer to God ‘aloud and in silent tears’; this may have brought sorrow to his Mother. Again, the Gospel tells us how Simeon predicted Mary’s suffering just immediately after the Son’s birth. Mary was told that she […]

Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 75; Philippians 2:6-11; John 3:13-17   The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross celebrates two historical events: (1.) The discovery of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 320 under the temple of Venus in Jerusalem, and the dedication in 335 of the basilica […]

1 CORINTHIANS 10:14-22; PSALM 116; LUKE 6:43-49 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.” Jesus connects soundness of heart with good fruit. A tree is known by the fruits it bears. What kind of fruits do you bear? What […]

1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27; Psalm 84; Luke 6:39-42   Why do you see the speck in your neighbour’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?  Man has the tendency to notice the faults of others more easily than his own personal faults. Therefore the Gospel invites us to self-examination. We must […]

1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-7, 11-13; PSALM 138; LUKE 6:27-38 ‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies.” As human beings it is difficult to love our enemies; some people find it difficult to love their dearest and nearest let alone loving enemies. The gospel says I say to you that listen, love your enemies, […]

1 Corinthians 7:25-31, Psalm 45; Luke 6:20-26   In the Gospel we have St. Luke’s version of the Beatitudes. Sometimes called the “sermon on the plain” because, according to Luke, Jesus came down from the mountain and stopped in a place which was flat and there He gave these words. In Matthew’s Gospel, this same […]