Category Archives: Weekday Homily

Deuteronomy 6:4-13/ Psalm 18/ Matthew 17:14-20 We must learn to live by faith. Faith does not view things from a carnal perspective but from a spiritual perspective. For lack of faith, the disciple could not heal the epileptic boy in the gospel reading.   Then the disciples came privately to Jesus. ‘Why were we unable to […]

DANIEL 7:9-10, 13-14; PSALM 97; 2PETER 1:16-19; MARK 9:2-10 TRANSFIGURED: THAT WE MAY NOT BE DISFIGURED. Today the Church celebrates the feast of Transfiguration. Transfiguration comes from the Latin roots ‘trans’ (across) and ‘figura’ (form, shape). It signifies a change of form or shape. Many people want to change their shape today. Many persons are […]

Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 95; Matthew 16:13-23   The Israelite criticized Moses and Aaron because they had no water to drink. No doubt water is very essential, but the Israelites’ approach was not the best. As a result, Moses and Aaron went into prayer and God instructed them to order the rock to produce water. Moses […]

Numbers 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29, 34-35; Psalm 105; Matthew 15:21-28   The Canaanite woman manifested faith. Faith is one of the necessary routes for salvation. The woman in the Gospel had faith and so she believed that Jesus could heal her daughter. Jesus in turn tested her faith and was moved by the depth of faith […]

NUMBERS 12:1-13; PSALM 51; MATTHEW 14:22-36   In the first reading, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses in connection with the Cushite woman he had taken and they were also jealous of him because God was speaking through Moses. The Lord reprimanded them but they kept on speaking ill of Moses. Eventually Miriam was afflicted […]

Numbers 11:4b-15; Ps.81; Matthew 14:13-21 We must bring forth our gifts. What we have inside of us is always more than enough. Man’s problem is greed. We don’t want to bring forth what we have. Oftentimes we think it will not be recognized or others have more than we do. Beloved, God has a purpose […]

LEVITICUS 25:1, 8-17; PSALM 67; MATTHEW 14:1-12   The Gospel presents us with the martyrdom of John the Baptist by Herod the Tetrarch to fulfill an imprudent promise. Herod took the life of John the Baptist; but the life of the gospel continued. And so, when Herod heard of Jesus’ fame he concluded that John […]

LEVITICUS 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37; PSALM 81; MATTHEW 13:54-58   “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country.” Jesus made this statement because his own people did not accept him when he visited his home town. He did not work many miracles amongst them because of their lack of faith.  Beloved […]

EXODUS 40:16-21,34-38; PSALM 84; JOHN 11:19-27   Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Before now only Martha was celebrated on this day. But in recent studies and times, as attested by the current Roman Martyrology,  the identity of Mary the sister of Martha has been resolved as different from […]

EXODUS 34:29-35; PSALM 99; MATTHEW 13:44-46   Exodus 34:30 says “…Seeing the skin of Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him.” Moses did not use bleaching cream; rather he wore the face mask of God’s light and so the people could not behold the divine radiance. He encountered God and radiated same. This […]