Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER (19/4/2022)

Weeping & Seeking ACTS 2:36-41; PSALM 33; JOHN 20:11-18 Peter preached to the people saying; “You must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus”. We are told that 3000 persons were converted to Christianity that very day. The Church grows by preaching and conversion. Today we have too many preachers yet converts are […]

HOMILY FOR HOLY SATURDAY THE EASTER VIGIL YEAR C

Gen.1:1-2:2; Gen.22:1-18; Ex.14:15-15:1; Isa.54:5-14; Isa.55:1-11; Baruch 3:9-15.32-4:4; Eze.36:16-17a.18-28; Rom.6:3-11; Luke 24:1-12: We are presented with nine readings; seven from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. For pastoral reasons the Old Testament readings may be reduced in number but not without the reading from Exodus 14. All the readings trace the history of […]

HOMILY FOR GOOD FRIDAY – CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION 15/4/2022

The Passion of Christ: Questions and Lessons Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai  (15/4/2022)ISAIAH 52:13-53:12; PSALM 31; HEBREWS 4:14-16, 5:7-9; JOHN 18:1-19:42  In today’s reflection we shall be concerned with some basic questions and lessons: Why is it called Good Friday? What is good about Good Friday? Some say Good Friday is “good” in that it is holy, […]

HOMILY FOR THE EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER ON HOLY THURSDAY

Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14; Psalm 115; 1Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15   The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at a convenient time usually in the evening. It reminds us of the first Passover in which the Israelites left Egypt. As the blood of the lamb saved the Israelites, so the blood of Jesus Christ brings salvation to the […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK (11/4/2022)

ISAIAH 42:1-7; PSALM 27; JOHN 12:1-11   Isaiah’s prophecy in the first reading mirrors Christ’s passion. Today’s gospel presents us with the first scene of his passion.  Jesus says “I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.” Betrayal is the violation of a person’s trust or confidence. It comes from those you […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY THE FIFTH WEEK OF LENT 2022

EZEKIEL 37:21-28; PSALM – JEREMIAH 31:10-13; JOHN 11:45-56 “I will bring them home and make them one nation.” This prophecy of Ezekiel speaks of the day when all shall be united as a redeemed nation. In today’s gospel; Caiaphas caught this vision of Ezekiel and prophesied similarly, that Jesus would die for the nation, and […]