Category Archives: Weekday Homily

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE SEVENTH WEEK OF EASTER YEAR (18/5/2021)

ACTS 20:17-27; PSALM 68; JOHN 17:1-11 The gospel reading presents us with the prayer of Jesus Christ for himself. Jesus was about leaving the people and he gave glory to God for all that was done through him. Similarly, Paul in the first reading was about leaving Ephesus for Jerusalem, he recounted his work in […]

HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE (14/5/2021)

 ACTS 1:15-17, 20-26; PSALM 113; JOHN 15:9-17 There is no mention of a Matthias among the lists of disciples or followers of Jesus in the three synoptic gospels, but according to Acts, he had been with Jesus from his baptism until his Ascension. However, the first reading speaks of the election of Matthias as one of the Twelve to replace […]

HOMILY FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (YEAR B) 13/5/2021

 Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-13 and Mark 16:15-20 The Ascension of Jesus is the physical departure of Christ from Earth into the presence of God in Heaven. According to the New Testament narrative, the Ascension occurred forty days after the resurrection. In the Christian tradition, reflected in the creed and confessional statements, God exalted Jesus after his death, raising Him as first of the dead, and taking Him to Heaven, where Jesus took his seat at the right […]

HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER YEAR 1(11/5/2021)

ACTS 16:22-34; PSALM 138; JOHN 16:5-11 Paul and Silas were praying and singing God’s praises, while the other prisoners listened. Suddenly there was an earthquake that shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and the chains fell from all the prisoners. Beloved, let us not underestimate the power of praise and […]

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER YEAR 1 (8/5/2021)

ACTS 16:1-10; PSALM 100; JOHN 15:18-21 “Servants are not greater than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.” Following Jesus also means sharing his lot, being rejected and even hated by ‘the world’ because our values are different. As Christians we should […]