Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (4/1/2022)

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 […]

HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (DECEMBER 27TH, 2021)

  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 […]

HOMILY FOR CHRISTMAS EVE – VIGIL MASS (DECEMBER 24TH, 2021)

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 […]