Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY (23/2/2023)

DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20; PSALM 1; LUKE 9:22-25 CHOOSE ETERNAL LIFE See, “I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.” Moses asked the people to make a choice between life and death. If they obey God’s commandments they will live; but if they don’t they will certainly be destroyed. Disobedience results in destruction but […]

HOMILY FOR ASH WEDNESDAY FEB 22 2023

ABSTINENCE: MEAT OR SIN Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 50; 2Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Repentance, fasting, and preparation are all mentioned in today’s readings. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are required of us if we are to be saved and experience the glory of the resurrection. According to the gospel, we are instructed to carry out our […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (21/2/2023)

SERVE THE LORD  Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11; Psalm 36; Mark 9:30-37 According to the first reading, if we want to serve the Lord, we must be prepared for hardship because doing so is not always accepted by society. In the old testament, fervent worshipers were hated. The society is not less hostile in our days. Serving God […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY THE SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

PRAYERFUL PREPARATION Mark 9:14-29 speaks of the cure of the epileptic demoniac. Jesus disciples were not able to cure him the Lord cured him. “His disciples asked him privately. ‘Why could we not cast it out?’ He said to them this kind can come out only through fasting and prayer.” The disciples were inefficient because […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME.

Divine Authority Hebrews 2:5-12; Psalm 8; Mark 1:21-28   In Capernaum, the epicenter of Galilee’s dominant system, on the Sabbath day, Jesus begins his teaching ministry in the synagogue. The gospel states that “He taught them as one who had authority”.  Authority is the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 2023

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (1John 5:14). This verse reminds us that the promise of a prayer being answered depends on the words “according to His will.” From an infinite viewpoint, God is aware of what […]