Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR THE TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B (17/10/2021)

Isaiah 53:10-11; Psalm 33; Hebrews 4:14-16; Mark 10:35-45   FR. DANIEL EVBOTOKHAI AUTHORITY AND SERVICE The readings today draw our minds to authority and service. The purpose of authority is service. Where there is no service, authority is said to be abused. Many people in authority today use their auhtority to pursue personal gains. The […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR I, (16/10/2021)

  ROMANS 4:13,16-18, PS. 105 AND LK. 12:8-12 The Spirit currently convicts the unsaved world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). To resist that conviction and willfully remain unrepentant is to “blaspheme” the Spirit. In today’s gospel Jesus says “whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” To blaspheme is to speak […]

HOMILY FOR FRIDAY 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR 1 (Memorial of St Teresa of Avila, Virgin & Doctor of the Church 15/10/2021)

  Romans 4:1-8, Ps. 32 Lk. 12:1-7   Hypocrisy is dangerous because it hides the truth from people seeking it. Let’s be mindful of how we live on this earth because believe it or not, whatever we do will influence others positively or negative. In today’s gospel Jesus warns his disciples of the ‘yeast’ of […]

HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 28TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR 1 (14/10/2021)

Romans 3:21-30/Psalm 130/Luke 11:47-54 “A man is justified by faith apart from works of law.” This assertion of St. Paul in the first reading has been misconstrued overtime. For many believers it means that faith alone can save us, works are not necessary. But the Church teaches that faith alone cannot save us we also […]