Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER 18/5/2022

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 Branches depend on the stem for survival; but stems do not depend on its branches for survival. Jesus says in John.15:5 apart from me you can do nothing. St Paul imitates these words in Phil.4:13 saying; “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” Despite the frustration a branch may go […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER 17/5/2022

𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓’𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄 (𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝟏𝟕/𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐) John 14:27 says “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” Jesus’ farewell wish is ‘Peace!’ Jesus knew we need peace as his disciples to […]

HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE (14/5/2022)

 ACTS 1:15-17, 20-26; PSALM 113; JOHN 15:9-17   None of the three synoptic gospels mentions Matthias among the lists of disciples or followers of Jesus, but according to Acts of the Apostles, he was with Jesus from his baptism until his Ascension. To uncover his personality, the first reading speaks of the election of Matthias as one of the […]

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY THE FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 12/5/2022

 ACTS 13:13-25/PSALM 89:2-3,21,22,25,27/ JOHN 13:16-20 SERVICE “Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him” (John 13:16). Service is what makes a servant relevant. Jesus recounted severally in this gospel that he is one with the Father; because he came to […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 13/5/2022

ACTS 13:26-33; PSALM 2; JOHN 14:1-6 “𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃…” John chapter fourteen is regarded as one of the farewell speeches of Jesus Christ. In farewell speech we say goodbye to our colleagues and publicly acknowledge their help, friendship and offer them words of encouragement to carry on irrespective of odds. In doing […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER (10/5/2022)

ACTS 11:19-26; PSALM 87; JOHN 10:22-30 “It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’” (Acts 11:26). In fact, Antioch was called “the cradle of Christianity” as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of early Christianity. Who will call us Christians today? The disciples […]