Homilies
Kommt her zu mir, alle ihr Mühseligen und Beladenen, und ich werde euch Ruhe geben. Kommt her zu mir … Jesus lädt ein. Aber wen? Er lädt alle ein, die mühselig und beladen sind. In dieser Einladung breitet Jesus seine Arme für die Eingeladenen aus und wartet auf ihre Antwort. Doch wer sind diese Menschen, die […]
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READINGS: Zechariah 9:9-10; Psalm 144:1-2,8-11,13b-14; Rom 8:9,11-13; Matt 11:25-30 THEME: IN YOUR YOKE LORD, I FIND MY REST! “YOUR KING COMES TO YOU” (Zech 9:9) The prophet Zechariah came at a very crucial moment in the life of the people of Israel, that is, when they came back from Babylonian exile after king Darius of
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READINGS: Deut. 30:10-14; Psalm 68:14,17,30-31,33-34,36-37; Col 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 THEME: THE ROAD LEADING FROM JERICHO TO JERUSALEM? a. “WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?” (Lk 10:25) The gospel reading of today (Lk 10:25-37) says that a lawyer came to Jesus with the question “Master, what I do to inherit eternal life?” From the
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READINGS: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 103:1,24,29-31,34; Rom 8:8-17; John 14:15-16,23-26 THEME: WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE IS NO MISSION! A. WHAT IS PENTECOST? In the church’s liturgical calendar, the feast of Pentecost brings the Easter season to an end. But it is good to know that originally, Pentecost had nothing to do with the descent of
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READINGS: Acts 15:1-2,22-29; Psalm 67:2-3,5-6,8; Apoc. 21:10-14,22-23; Jon 14:23-29 THEME: NOT WHO YOU ARE BUT WHAT YOU DO! 1. IS SALVATION ONLY FOR THE CIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH?Today’s first reading presents the first problem of the first converts and the Christian community and the first council – the council of Jerusalem (49-50 A.D.), where the
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Readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-13a; Apoc 21:1-5; John 13:31-33,34-35Theme: GIVING THAT WHICH I MYSELF RECEIVE!!! The Newness of the Commandment In today’s gospel, Jesus gave his disciples a commandment to love and called it a ‘new commandment’ (Εντολὴν καινὴν). But te question is “What is new about this commandment?” Right from the time of the Old
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Readings: Acts 13:14,43-52; Psalm 100:1-3,5; Apoc 7:9,14-17; John 10:27-30 THEME: BE AMONG THE SHEEP OF CHRIST! The sheep of Jesus In today’s gospel, Jesus speaks of those who belong to him as his sheep. Of all the animals, why did Jesus use the sheep-comparison to speak of people who follow him? Generally, sheep are considered as animals
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READINGS: Isa 50:4-7; Psa 22:8-9,17-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 THEME: THE HOUR HAS COME! Throughout the gospel, but most vividly in the gospel according to St. John, the hour of Jesus is spoken mostly in three stages: the/his hour is coming (cf John 2:4, 7:30; 8:20); the hour has not come (cf John 4:23; 5:25; 16:2,4,25,32); the
PALM SUNDAY 2025 YEAR C Read More »
READINGS: Deut 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 THEME: FORTY DAYS OF SPIRITUAL EMPOWERMENT FROM THE WATER OF BAPTISM TO THE WILDERNESS OF TRIAL Today’s gospel reading calls us to reflect on the Temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. According to the three synoptic gospels, there is a big jump from the birth and
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READINGS: Ecclesiasticus 27:5-8; Psalm 92:2-3,13-16; 1 Cor 15:54-58; Luke 6:39-45 THEME: INTEGRITY NOT HYPOCRISY After this Sunday, we take a break from Ordinary Time of the Year and begin Lenten season which the Ash Wednesday this week ushers us in. As we prepare to enter Lenten season, the readings today offer us some guides to being real
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READINGS: Isa 62:1-5; Psalm 96:1-3,7-10; 1 Cor 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 THEME: THE NEW WINE OF CHRIST IS HERE! “THEY DO NOT HAVE WINE” The mother of Jesus, Jesus and his disciples were all together in a wedding feast. They were invited guests. In the course of the celebration, wine finished. Ordinarily, that wine gave out had nothing
2ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C Read More »
Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Luke 3:15,16,21-22. Theme: The Life of My Baptism The feast of the Lord’s baptism concludes the Christmastide and opens the door again for the ordinary time of the year. Baptism and Prayer that bursts the heaven open In the gospel reading of today, the evangelist Luke says that when all
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Readings: Zeph 3:14-18; Isa 12; Phil 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 Theme: What then Must We Do? Gaudete Sunday is an invitation to rejoice because the Lord whom we await is near. WHAT MUST WE DO? In today’s gospel, different groups came to John the Baptist, and each asked him “what must we do?” The people were
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READINGS: Dan 12:1-3; Psa 16:5.8.9-10.2.11; Heb 10:11-14.8; Mark 13:24-32 THEME: Where will You be ‘After’ the Tribulation? There will be an ‘After’ We are gradually approaching the end of the church’s liturgical year and the readings of today, especially the first and the gospel reading, speak of the end of time. The thirteenth chapter of Mark’s gospel
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Readings: Jer 31:7-9; Psa 126; Hebs 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Theme: Cry Persistently to Christ. The Sitting Blindman The gospel reading which centers on the blind Bartimaeus, is the last episode we see in the gospel of Mark before Jesus enters Jerusalem. At this point, Jesus is on a move with Jerusalem, the city of his passion, as
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Readings: Gen 2:18-24; Psalm 127; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 Theme: It is not good that man should be alone The Loneliness of Man The first two chapters of the book of Genesis contain the creation history, creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo). In the first creation account (Gen 1) the last thing to be created
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Readings: Num 11:25-29; Psalm 18:8,10,12-14; James 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43,45,47-48 THEME: NO ONE HAS MONOPPLY OF GOD’S BLESSINGS “…we forbade him because he was not following us” Last Sunday, there was a crisis among the disciples, regarding who is the greatest among them, that is, who is more powerful and more a disciple than others. They all
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READINGS: ISAIAH 50:5-9; PSALM 114:1-6,8-9; JAMES 2:14-18; MARK 8:27-35 THEME: LIVE OUT THE CHRIST “But You…?” In many occasions, we see ourselves living in the belief and words of others that we do not care to ask ourselves “where am I in this?” Sometimes we know much about what others say and do that we forget to
24TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B Read More »
READINGS: Deut 4:1-2,6-8; Psalm 14:2-5; James 1:17-18,21-22,27; Mark 7:1-8,1415,21-23 THEME: WORRY MORE ABOUT THE PURITY OF YOUR SOUL! THE ESSENCE OF KEEPING AND OBSERVING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS Today, in the first reading, Moses reminded the people the reason God gave them the law and the importance of keeping the laws and living according to
22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B Read More »
Readings: Joshua 24:1-2,15-18; Psalm 33:2-3;16-23; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69 THEME: WHY THE CHOICE OF GOD? a. MAKE YOUR CHOICEDearest in Christ, in the first reading, Joshua gathered the people of Israel, and urged them to choose between God and other gods. During the time of Joshua, Israel was still struggling to alienate herself from polytheism
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READINGS: PROV 9:1-6; PSALM 33:2-3,10-15; EPH 5:15-20; JOHN 6:51-58 THEME: FOCUS NOT ON THE HOW BUT ON THE WHY Dearest in Christ, we are still on the 6th chapter of John’s gospel which dwells strictly on the Body and Blood of Christ as the heavenly-given food for our nourishment. Today, in the gospel, Jesus and
20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B Read More »
Readings: 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Psalm 34:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9; Eph 4:30-32, 5:1-2; John 6:41-51 THEME: GET UP AND EAT, FOR THE JOURNEY IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU! a. Is this not Jesus, the Son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Dearest in Christ today is our third Sunday of reflecting on the sixth chapter of John’s
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Year (B) Read More »
Readings: Ex 16:2-4,12-15; Psalm 77:3-4,23-25,54; Eph 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35 Theme: WHAT DO YOU HUNGER FOR? ONLY THE HUNGRY LONG FOR FOOD Hunger and food are in such a relationship that the presence of one calls for the presence of the other. When one is hungry and there is no food to solve his hunger, then it
18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (B) Read More »
Readings: 2 Kings 4:42-44; Psa 144:10-11,15-18; Eph 4:1-6; John 6:1-15 Theme: THE SOCIETY NEEDS YOU AND YOUR TALENT! Dearest in Christ, the first twelve chapters of the gospel according to John is taken scholarly as Book of signs because in this part of John’s gospel one finds all the seven signs (miracles) performed by Jesus
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READINGS: JER 23:1-6; PSA 23; EPH 2:13-18; MK 6:30-34 THEME: IN CHRIST IS OUR REST RENDERING ACCOUNT OF THE MISSION SENTLast Sunday, we saw Jesus sending his twelve disciples two by two, giving them authority to teach, heal, and cast out demons. Today’s gospel reading presents to us the coming back of the Twelve from
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