Category Archives: Weekday Homily

1 John 4:7-10/ Psalms 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8/ Mark 6:34-44 “Jesus saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them”. In another scene, Jesus says “be compassionate as my heavenly Father is compassionate”. Today’s gospel does not only draw our minds to the miracle of the multiplication of loaves but also to the miraculous effect […]

 1 John 3:22-4:6, Psalm 2 and Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25 “The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light; for those who sat in the region and the shadow of death light has dawned.” Jesus is the light of the world. The great movement towards salvation has begun. He continued in the very words […]

Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 64; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 God instructs Moses to bless the people in his name. Using his words on this first day of the year 2022 I declare from the Altar of God; this year the Lord will bless you and keep you! The Lord will make his face to shine upon […]

  1 John 2:18-21; Psalm 96; John 1:1-18 Today is the last day of the year 2021. It has been an eventful year with lasting memories. We thank God for his mercies, care, protection and provision. Many forces were on stage but in all God prevailed. Ps. 124:2-6 says “if the Lord had not been […]

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1 John 2:3-11; Psalm 96; Luke 2:22-35   St. John says in the first reading that ‘he who says he loves God but disobeys his commandments is a liar’. Many of us belong to this category. We claim to love God but disobey his commandments. A man hurries to the Church everyday but he is […]

1John 1:5-2:2; Psalm 124; Matthew 2:13-18   Today the Church celebrates the memorial of the small children of the neighborhood of Bethlehem who were murdered by Herod. Jesus was the main target of Herod but God prevailed. Herod wanted to kill the infant Jesus because he felt that his birth was a threat to his […]

  1 John 1:1-4, Ps. 97:1-2,5-6,11-12, John 20:2-8   The gospel often refers to John as the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, popularly called “John the Beloved.” His ministry started when he answered Christ’s call. The Bible says Jesus saw two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the […]

Isaiah 62:11-12; Psalm 97; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:15-20   The true meaning of Christmas is love. John 3:16-17 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn […]

Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 88; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Matthew 1:1-25   Today’s gospel narrates the parentage of Jesus Christ, known as the genealogy of Jesus. Genealogy is an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms. For us, it may appear so boring going through this litany […]