Category Archives: Weekday Homily

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EPHESIANS 2:19-22; PSALM 18; LUKE 6:12-19 Today’s gospel recounts how Jesus chose and named his Twelve Apostles. Jesus spent time in prayer before he chose his apostles. We too should pray before we make important decisions or choose our partners. Today the Church celebrates two of these apostles; St. Jude Thaddeus and St. Simon the […]

  Romans 8:26-30; Psalm 13; Luke 13:22-30 Paul says; “… all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” ( Rom. 8:28).  God works all things together for good—both His good and our good. As God is glorified, His people are sanctified. God is […]

Romans 8:18-25; Psalm 126; Luke 13:18-21   Today’s gospel presents us with two parables: the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Parable of the Yeast.  The mustard seed is small but grows into a big tree. It does not become a big tree overnight. Be patient, with time you shall grow higher, bigger and […]

ROMANS 8:12-17; PSALM 68; LUKE 13:10-17   In the Gospel, Jesus heals a woman who was bent over for 18 years. Was her condition caused by freewill, human structure or a demon? Her condition was not due to her own freewill but a demonic force sustained by human structure. Some physical disorders may be due […]

  Romans 8:1-11; Psalm 24; Luke 13:1-9 “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom.8:1). “No condemnation” can be defined in courtroom language. To have “no condemnation” declared means to be found innocent of the accusation, to have no sentence inflicted and no guilty verdict found. Believers in Jesus Christ […]

Romans 7:18-25; Psalm 119; Luke 12:54-59 Jesus said to the multitudes, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it happens.  And when you see the south wind blowing you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.  You hypocrites!  You know how […]

  Rom. 6-19-23; Psalm 1; Luke 12:49-53   Jesus says in today’s gospel reading that he has come to cast fire upon the earth and would that it was already kindled. Again, he said he has not come to bring peace but division. By popular consensus, this is unlike Jesus. From the Scripture Jesus is […]

ROMANS 5:12, 15, 17-21; PSALM 40; LUKE 12:35-38   St. Paul says in the first reading “Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life.” The word “members” here refers to the members of the body – the […]

Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21; Psalm 40; Luke 12:35-38   The first reading says “as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men.” The first man is Adam and the second is Christ. What Adam destroyed by sin; Christ restored by […]