Homilies
READINGS: Wis 1:13-15,2:23-24; Ps 29:2,4-6,11-13; 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15; Mk 5:21-43 THEME: DO NOT BE AFRAID, ONLY BELIEVE! Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ, today’s readings present to us the theme of faith in Jesus who has power even against our greatest fear: Death. a. TWELVE YEARS OF WASTED EFFORTS!The gospel reading of today presents to […]
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JOB 38:1,8-11; PSALM 106:23-26,28-32; 2 COR 5:14-17; MARK 4:35-41 THEME: FOCUS NOT ON THE TURBULENCE! Dearest in Christ, today’s readings call on us to look unto Jesus and believe that once he is with us in our boat of life, every other thing that happens around the boat does not matter. We are to focus,
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READINGS: Ezek 17:22-24; Psalm 91:2-3,13-16; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mark 4:26-34 THEME: THROW YOUR SEED ON THE LAND! Dear brothers and sisters, the readings of today challenge us of giving God chance to perform his work in our lives as our God. They remind us that we can only put into use what we have, but
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READINGS: Gen 3:9-15; Psalm 129; 2 Cor 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 THEME: MAY MY SINS NOT KEEP ME HIDDEN FROM GOD! Dearest friends, today, the readings invite us to reflect on our reactions when we find out that we have gone astray from the way God set for us. a. WHERE ARE YOU? The question, “where
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READINGS: Deut 5:12-15; Psalm 80:3-8,10-11; 2 Cor 4:6-11; Mark 2:23-3:6THEME: Where there is no complete free human person, there is no Sabbath Rest. a. The Law of Sabbath Dearest friends, in today’s readings, we are being presented with the day of Sabbath and its law. The law of the Sabbath is the third of the
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The doctrine of the Holy Trinity is one of the most difficult doctrines for us to understand. The human mind works in a particular way. That is, for us humans, it is either something is one or that it is more than one. So, when the human mind hears that God is one God but
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READINGS: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 103:1,24,29-31,34; 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13; John 20:19-23 THEME: Unless the Spirit of God fills us, We Cannot Speak in other Tongues. a. They were all together in one place. As the disciples of Jesus were saddened that Jesus was leaving them to go back to the Father, knowing fully well that the
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READINGS: ACTS 1:15-17,20-26; PSA 102:1-2,11-12,19-20; 1 JN 4:11-16; JN 17:11-19. THEME: THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD a. THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD BUT DO NOT TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE WORLDTowards the end of his earthly mission, Jesus became so much concerned about his disciples whom he’s leaving behind. In the gospel
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READINGS: Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 46:2-3.6-9; Eph 4:1-13; Mk 16:15-20 THEME: Do Not Stay Gazing But Go Out to Proclaim the Good News On 13th October 2019, I witnessed for the first time, the canonization Mass at St. Peter’s Square, Rome. One of the people canonized was John Henry Cardinal Newman. I was sitting with my friend,
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READINGS: ACTS 10:25-26,34-35,44-48; PSA 97:1-4; 1 JOHN 4:7-10; JOHN 15:9-17 THEME: LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARY NOR RESTRICTION The readings of today lay bare to us the love of God for us, the love that has no restriction nor boundary, and at the same time invite us to be the scent of God’s love to others.
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READINGS: Acts 9:26-31; Psalm 21:26-28,30-32; 1 John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8 THEME: NO PASSIVITY IN THE LIFE IN CHRIST a. WE ARE ONLY BUT THE BRANCHES OF THE VINE Dearest friends, today, Jesus uses the imagery of a vine tree and its branches to speak to us about life in him. In this imagery, the first
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READINGS: ACTS 4:8-12; PSA 117:1,8-9,21-23,26,28-29; 1 JN 3:1-2; JOHN 10:11-18 THEME: HE ALONE IS MY LEAD Dearest friends, today, the readings present Jesus as the figure we cannot do without. Through the name of Jesus, the apostle, Peter and John, were able to heal the cripple man, thereby showing that even when Christ is no longer
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READINGS: ACTS 3:13-15,17-19; PSA 4:2,4,7,9; 1 JOHN 2:1-5; LK 24:35-48 THEME: WE ARE THE WITNESSES Dear friends in Christ, we celebrate the third Sunday of Easter. The readings present us the days immediately following Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, and in what lies the life of the disciples especially as regards the Goodnews of the resurrected
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Readings: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 117:2-4,15-18,22-24; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31 Theme: ALL I SEE IS MERCY Dearest in Christ, today we celebrate the divine mercy Sunday. God is not just merciful, He is mercy himself. God’s love and mercy are inseparable. Because he loves us unconditionally, His mercy follows us even when we do not take note
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READINGS: Rom 6:3-11; Psa 117:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Mk 16:1-8 THEME: HAVE I ALSO RISEN? Dearest in Christ, this night we celebrate the night of our victory over the power of darkness and death. Today, we celebrate the mystery of our faith, the mystery of our life. We celebrate the mystery that guaranteed our identity, without
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Readings: Isa 52:13-53:12; Ps 30:2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 THEME: ECCE HOMO! Dearest in Christ, today we celebrate the death that produces life, the death that empowers light over darkness, the death that atones for sins, the death that secures our freedom, the death of Christ, God-Made-Man. This is possible because of the Man Jesus. ECCE
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READINGS: EX 12:1-8, 11-14; PS 115:12-13. 15-18; 1 COR 11:23-26; JN 13:1-15 THEME: EAT AND BE EATEN! Dearest friends, this evening, we celebrate the Gift of Christ to us, a gift that makes us a part and charges us to also give ourselves. We celebrate the Giving of Christ to us as our daily food,
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READINGS: ISA 50:4-7; PS 21:8-9,17-20,23-24; PHIL 2:6-11; MK 14:1-15:47 THEME: On y Va! Dearest friends in Christ, today begins the most important week in the life of the Church: The Holy Week. Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus was preparing himself for this very moment. In fact, in the gospel of John, we can discover two
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Reflection on the gospel reading of 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B): Jn 12:20-33 especially Jn 12:20-22 “WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE JESUS” There is this story about St. Theresa of Avila and Jesus. It says that St. Theresa was always saying to Jesus in prayer “My loving Jesus, I want to see you. Please
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Readings: Jer 31:31-34; Psa 50:3-4,12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33 THEME: THE SERVANT KNOWS WHERE THE MASTER IS! a. THE GREEKS ALSO WANT TO SEE JESUS Dearest friends, we are gradually approaching the last days of our Lenten season. In the gospel reading, some Greeks approached Philip stating their desire to see Jesus. Philip, together with
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READINGS: 2 CHRON 36:14-16,19-23; PSA 136:1-6; EPH 2:4-10; JN 3:14-21 THEME: ECCE LIGNUM CHRISTI! Dearest in Christ, we celebrate today the fourth Sunday in Lent traditionally known as Laetare Sunday. Even in our penitence, the church calls us also to rejoice because we have a God who is able to restore what we have lost
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Readings: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 18:8-11; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 Theme: THE LAW OF GOD GUARANTEES THE GLORY OF HIS TEMPLE Dearest friends, I welcome us to the third week of Lent. The readings today present to us the Law as the building and cleansing factor for the temple of God which we are. THE
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Readings: Gen 22:1-2,9-13,15-18; Ps 115:10,15-19; Mk 9:2-10 Theme: A TENT THAT DEMANDS SACRIFICE (BEFORE THE TENT OF GLORY, THERE MUST BE MOUNTAIN OF SACRIFICE) BEFORE THE TENT OF GLORY… Man is naturally easily attracted to glory. Behind everything man does, is a search for some kind of glory. Whether this glory is earthly or heavenly
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Lev 19:1-2,17-18; Ps. 102(103):1-4,8,10,12-13; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Matt 5:38-48 THE HOLINESS OF MEN’S FOOLS. A mother once told his twelve-yearold son, “Son, I am so proud of your father. He is a well-known successful farmer, a good husband, and a wonderful father. But it pains me that you are nothing like your father. You are very lazy and irresponsible. Please my
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Exo 19:2-6; Ps. 99(100):2-3,5; Rom 5:6-11; Matt 9:36-10:8 The first reading presents us with the formal beginning of what we may call Yahwistic Reverence for the people of Israel. When the people of Israel were in Egypt, they were totally emersed in the Egyptian life. They were eating Egyptian food, drinking Egyptian water, and of course revering Egyptian god. This is because, apart from that they had not yet the idea of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, under slavery, they had no option but to worship the god of the land in which they were. This aspect of worshipping
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