Category Archives: Weekday Homily

Against Hypocrisy ISAIAH 1:10, 16-20 PSALM 50; MATTHEW 23:1-12 Isaiah 1:16 says “Cease to do evil; learn to do good.” This is an alarm not to only feel sorrowful for the sin committed, but to break off the practice. We often regret the evil we have done but we do not break off the practice. […]

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 […]

Love DEUTERONOMY 26:16-19; PSALM 118; MATTHEW 5:43-48 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have learnt how it was said: You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; in this way you will be sons of your Father in […]

TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS EZEKIEL 18:21-28; PSALM 129; MATTHEW 5:20-26 “I prefer to see the wicked man renounce his wickedness and live” The first reading reminds us that God does not rejoice at the death of a wicked man but in his conversion. He says “If the wicked man renounces all the sins he has […]

Prayer ESTHER 14:1, 3-5, 12-14; PSALM 138; MATTHEW 7:7-12 In the first reading, Queen Esther took refuge in the Lord as King Ahasuerus set out to eliminate the Jews. She prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: “Lord, thou only art our King; help me, who am alone and have no helper but […]

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 […]

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 […]

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?  […]

Charity ISAIAH 58:9-14; PSALM 86; LUKE 5:27-32 The first reading says “if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.” This statement simply implies charity. Charity is one of the basic themes of the […]

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 […]