Category Archives: Weekday Homily

Micah 5:1-4, Psalm 13; Matthew 1:1-6, 18-23 Today the Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne. Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s birth. However, […]

1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Psalm 5; Luke 6:6-11 Jesus miraculously restored a withered hand to normality. The scribes and Pharisees rose against it because of protocol and structures of the Law. Every law must give expression to love and compassion; the key principles of the Gospel message. Let us stretch out our hands to express love […]

1 Corinthians 4:6-15; Psalm 145; Luke 6:1-5 The Scribes and the Pharisees questions Jesus about the observance of the Sabbath. We are to observe the Sabbath. Nowhere does Jesus give any justification for breaking the Sabbath. No doubt he and his disciples observed it as a day of rest and worship. For the Pharisees life […]

1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Psalm 37; Luke 5:33-39 *********** Judging others is easy because it distracts us from the responsibility of judging ourselves. Precisely because of this, Paul addressed a group in Corinth who had been judging his excellence. Before you place judgment over another remember that we are at the mercy of God and that […]

1 Corinthians 3:18-23; Psalm 23; Luke 5:1-11 ********** Jesus figuratively catches Peter in His net before commanding him to “catch men” for the Kingdom of God. Attention please; the primary mandate of our vocation is to be fishers of men and not fishermen. Men are getting drowned in this world of sin. It is the […]

1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Psalm 33; Luke 4:38-44 *********  “All those who had friends suffering… Brought them to him.” Friends are good; moments when we are weak they help us through their kind words and prayers. What kind of friend are you? Are your friends coming closer to Jesus? Do you lay the intentions of your […]

1 CORINTHIANS 2:10-16; PSALM 145; LUKE 4:31-37 ********* For us to understand what God has freely given us we need the Holy Spirit and we must exercise faith. St. Paul tells us in the first reading that the Spirit searches all things even the deep things of God. Thus, without the Spirit the message makes […]

1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-5; PSALM 119; LUKE 4:16-30 ********* In the first reading, Paul says to the Corinthians that he did not use clever arguments and philosophy to assert God’s existence; rather he preached a crucified saviour and allowed the Holy Spirit to work in him. Beloved, the message of conversion is not based on how […]

Jeremiah 1:17-19; Psalm 71; Mark 6:17-29 In the first reading, the Lord told Jeremiah not to be afraid to confront the people with the truth of his message. They will rise against him; but surely the Lord shall be with him. Whenever we stand for the truth despite the pressure the Lord is always with […]

1 Corinthians 1:17-25; Psalm 33; Matthew 25:1-13 ************** In the first reading, Paul says that the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Preaching about the Cross for many Christians is a waste of time. But for those […]