Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR MONDAY: THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT YEAR 1 (6/3/2023)

DANIEL 9:4-10; PSALM 79; LUKE 6:36-38 “Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shame”. The first reading makes us to understand that God never fails to forgive us despite our sins. Whenever we ask him for forgiveness He never fails to pardon our offences. Precisely because of this, today’s psalm prays that God should not […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT (1/3/2023)

Repentance JONAH 3:1-10; PSALM 51; LUKE 11:29-32 Jonah was sent by God to the people of Nineveh to warn them about the coming wrath if they don’t turn from their evil ways. They received Jonah’s message with so much remorse, declared fasting and penance and repented.  Nineveh’s narrative reminds us of the importance of penance […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT (28/2/2023)

FORGIVENESS 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. Oftentimes our prayers tend to focus on our situations, wants and fears rather than God. This prayer comes in during this […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT (27/2/2023)

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 The Separation of the sheep from the goats is a parable that exhorts Christians to take action to help those in need. Jesus says; “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40). Do you believe this?  […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY (24/2/2023)

True Fasting Isaiah 58:1-9; Psalm 51; Matthew 9:14-15 In today’s fasting was the subject of debate between the disciples of John and Jesus. John disciples asked; “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples do not fast?” Is fasting a competition? However, in response Jesus said to them “The wedding guests cannot […]