Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY THE SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (18/2/2022)

James 2:14-24, 26; Psalm 111; Mark 8:34-9:1 Faith versus action James teaches “Faith and Action” in today’s first reading. “But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” “Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds” (James 2:18).  Therefore, it is not enough to say we have faith; […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II

James 1:19-27; Psalm 14; Mark 8:22-26 “HEARING AND DOING”   James in the first reading speaks on hearing and doing of God’s word. He says we should not deceive ourselves by simply listening to his word; we must put it into practice. Again, he adds sayings; no one should think of himself as religious when […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY THE SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II

James 1:12-18; Psalm 94; Mark 8:14-21 Test and Temptation In the first reading James distinguished test from temptation. He says that temptation does not come from God; rather a person is tempted when he is drawn away and trapped by his own evil desire.  This desire conceives and gives birth to sin; and sin when […]

HOMILY FOR MONDAY THE SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II MEMORIAL OF SAINTS CYRIL & METHODIUS.

Acts 13:46-49; Psalm 117; Luke 10:1-9 Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. St. Cyril was a priest and a philosopher he accompanied his brother St. Methodius to Moravia to preach the Gospel. These men caught the fire, exercised it and transmitted it. Beloved, evangelization is never an easy task and so Jesus […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY THE FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (12/2/2022)

1 Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34; Psalm 106; Mark 8:1-10 The Grace for the Race The Gospel presents us with the feeding of the four thousand people. This miraculous feeding of the crowds has not stopped. Jesus feeds us daily with his word and the Eucharist. This food gives us strength to journey through this world to […]

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY THE FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (10/2/2022)

Memorial of St Scholastica, Virgin  1 Kings 11:4-13; Psalm 106; Mark 7:24-30 The metaphor of Children and dogs: Respect for all human beings Children and dogs were used to depict the Jews and the Gentiles of old. However, the faith of a Syrophoenician woman who asked Jesus  to deliver her daughter broke this barrier. The […]

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY THE FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR II (9/2/2022)

1 Kings 10:1-10; Psalm 37; Mark 7:14-23   Jesus called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.” Beloved, let us examine our interior disposition or inner […]