Category Archives: Weekday Homily

TAMING THE TONGUE James 3:1-10: Psalm 11; Mark 9:2-13 In the first reading James speaks on the topic “Taming the Tongue”. He says “the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Like a small spark of fire the tongue can set the whole body ablaze. There are many talkative […]

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; […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

1 Kings 11:29-32, 12:19; Psalm 81; Mark 7:31-37 The Gospel says “they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him.” Those that brought the deaf and dumb man to Jesus represent those who truly care for their disabled friends, brothers and […]

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 […]

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 […]

1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30; Psalm 84; Mark 7:1-13   The Pharisees saw that some of the disciples of Jesus were eating with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. Our hands may be clean, our pots and cups may be clean but the account we shall give to God shall be based on the cleanliness of our […]