Category Archives: Weekday Homily

Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12; Psalm 5; Matthew 8:23-27 The first reading of today reminds the people about their sin against God and warn them of the Lord’s punishment if they don’t repent. Thus, the Lord asked; “Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid?” Beloved, we must not wait for the […]

Acts 12:1-11; Psalm 34; 2Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18; Matthew 16:13-19 Our first reading  presents us with the release of St Peter from prison before Herod could put him to death. Through the prayers of the early Christian community he was led to safety by an angel. We can equally pray for breakthrough for our spiritual and […]

LAM. 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; PSALM 74; MATTHEW 8:5-17🗣🔥🔥🔥 The first reading presents us with the lamentation of the people for the devastation, captivity and destruction they went through because of their sins. Precisely because of this, the psalm of today cries out in prayer for national deliverance. We too who are in spiritual exile, facing […]

2 Kings 25:1-12; Psalm 136; Matthew 8:1-4🗣🔥🔥🔥 In the first reading, we are presented with the breakdown of how Jerusalem was destroyed; the famine in the land, the attack against Zedekiah the King and his sons, and the demolition of the magnificent Temple of Solomon by the Babylonians. They succeeded in this battle because the […]

2 KINGS 24:8-17; PSALM 79; MATTHEW 7:21-29🗣🔥🔥🔥 In the first reading, King Jehoiachin and his people who fell to the Babylonians because they turned from God and no longer trusted him. We endanger ourselves when we disconnect from God and turn to our own ways. We expose ourselves to the devourer –the devil prowling round […]

Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80. Today’s readings present us with the life of St. John’s the Baptist. What is it about St. John the Baptist life? John was a Jewish prophet of priestly origin who preached the nearness of God’s Final Judgment and baptized those who repented in self-preparation for it; […]

2 Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-36; Psalm 48; Matthew 7:6, 12-14 In our first reading we are presented with Hezekiah’s prayer. When the letter to denounce and overtake the kingdom was given to Hezekiah, the bible says; Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. When we are faced […]

2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18; Psalm 60; Matthew 7:1-5 In the first reading, the people fell away from the Covenant and were in exile because of that. This is exactly what sin does to us; it takes us back to exile, a state of absence from God. In the reading, we are presented with the […]

2 Chronicles 24:17-25; Psalm 89; Luke-2-41-52🗣🔥🔥🔥 The first reading, Jehoiada the priest died and quickly the people abandon the faith. King Joash has Zechariah – son of Jehoiada – put to death because he spoke out against the king and the people for their sins and abandonment of the faith. As a result, the land […]

Deuteronomy 7:6-11; Psalm 103; 1John 4:7-16; Matthew 11:25-30   Heart is the basic theme in today’s gospel reading. The Heart is an ancient concept in the Bible. It occurs over one thousand times in the Bible, making it the most common anthropological term in the Bible. It denotes a person’s center for both physical, emotional, […]