Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY: THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 30/6/2022

AMOS 7:10-17; PSALM 18; MATTHEW 9:1-8 In today’s first reading King Jeroboam and Amaziah confronted Amos over his prophecies but Amos replied that his words do not come from a group of prophets like Amaziah but directly from God. This implies that Amaziah prophecies are not from God. Beloved in Christ, it appears to me […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 27/6/2022

  (In Memory of Fr. Christopher Odia)    Follow Jesus Amos 2:6-10, 13-16; Psalm 50; Matthew 8:18-22 In the Gospel Jesus invites us to follow him. This invitation is a call to discipleship. As disciples of Jesus Christ let us learn to follow him irrespective of comfort. Fr. Christopher Odia who was killed yesterday by […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME  (Immaculate Heart of Mary (Memorial)

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 prayers for a national deliverance. We too as a nation are in […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 

2 Chronicles 24:17-25; Psalm 89; Matthew 6:24-34 In the first reading, Jehoiada the priest dies and suddenly the people abandon the faith. Zechariah who spoke against this apostasy was put to death. Eventually, the land was taken over by the Aramaeans. This narrative calls us to be faithful to the covenants made with God. In […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE ELEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

  2 KINGS 2:1, 6-14; PSALM 31; MATTHEW 6:1-6, 16-18   Today’s gospel speaks about religious worship. Jesus reminds us of the three “hall-marks” of genuine worship: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Jesus warns his disciples not to indulge in any form of display so as to attract the admiration of others. Fasting and other works […]