Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT (25/3/2022)

HOSEA 5:15-6:6; PSALM 51; LUKE 18:9-14   Through the mouth of Prophet Hosea God says “What I want is love, not sacrifice and holocausts.” Beloved, God wants true love not emotions and religiosity. Oftentimes, in the presence of God we easily express emotions and assume holy and spiritual moods but deep within us there is […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY: THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (25/3/2022)

ISAIAH 7:10-14, 8:10; PSALM 40; HEBREWS 10:4-10; LUKE 1:26-38 Annunciation simply means announcement. Nine months before Jesus was born, the angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary to announce the conception of the Son of God by the power of the Holy Spirit. Mary answered “yes” to this divine assignment. She made herself available […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE THIRD WEEK OF LENT (22/3/2022)

DANIEL 3:25, 34-43; PSALM 25; MATTHEW 18:21-35                “Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spirit.” Azariah stood in the heart of the fire and prayed. Can we pray in the midst of crisis and suffering?  Azariah spoke to God from within the furnace and asked God for mercy. Similarly, […]

HOMILY: SOLEMNITY OF ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (19/3/2022) 

        2 SAMUEL 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; PSALM 88; ROMANS 4:13, 16-18, 22; MATTHEW 1:16, 18-21, 24   In the first reading God told David that his throne will stand secure forever. Psalm 89 reechoes “His dynasty shall last forever.” This promise was fulfilled in Jesus Christ as we have it in the […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT(18/3/2022)

GENESIS 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28; PSALM 105; MATTHEW 21:33-43, 45-46 The bad tenants “Let us kill him: then we shall see what becomes of his dreams.” The first reading today presents us with the story of how Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers. His brother rejected him and plotted evil against him. This again […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE SECOND WEEK OF LENT (16/3/2022)

Evil Plot JEREMIAH 18:18-20; PSALM 31; MATTHEW 20:17-28 “My enemies are digging a pit for me”. ‘Come on,’ they said, ‘let us concoct a plot against Jeremiah.  The plotting against Jeremiah prefigures the plotting that will take place against Jesus. It also shows how the enemies plot evil against the Children of God for no […]