Homilies

Homily for the 25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Beloved:
Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there is disorder and every foul practice. 

Where do the wars
and where do the conflicts among you come from? 
Is it not from your passions
that make war within your members? 
You covet but do not possess. 
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;
you fight and wage war. 

Homily for the 24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily for the 22^nd Sunday in ordinary time

Homily for the 21^st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dearly Beloved, permit me to take these verses from the gospel out of its proper/original context. The passage begins:

“As a result of this, (As a result of what? Whatever you consider going on in the body of Christ, the church, the scandals, frustrations, etc.)
 

“As a result of this,

Homily for the 19^th Sunday in Ordinary time Year B

The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said,
"I am the bread that came down from heaven, "
and they said,
"Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? 
Do we not know his father and mother? 
Then how can he say,
'I have come down from heaven'?" 
Jesus answered and said to them,
"Stop murmuring among yourselves.

Homily for the 18^th Sunday in ordinary Time

Homily for the 17^th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2018

Dearly Beloved, Grace and peace to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who in his great love and mercy has bought all of us together into his presence that we may come to share in this great mystery that we have as followers of Christ.  May he be praised for ever and ever.  Amen.

Homily for 16^th Sunday in ordinary time

Dearly beloved, we thank God who by his mercies has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. We thank him who has made it possible for us to gather in his presence as one big family. We recall in the book of Genesis; chapter 12 when God chose Abraham and the Jewish nation from among all nations. He chose them to be a light through which all other nations on earth will come to know him. That is, through these 12 tribes, all others may come to know God.

Homily for the 13^th Sunday in ordinary

2^nd Corinthians

Dearly beloved, two weeks ago, while celebrating fathers’ day, I used the occasion to encourage you to read the Second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. I hope, definitely not all, but some, took the opportunity with the background we looked at to read. I did say we will take time again this Sunday to give a summary to the rest of the book. Those who did read will find additional insight to many of the things you have read already.

Homily on the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist.

Dearly beloved, we are celebrating today the birth of someone who in the words of Jesus is the greatest of all those born of women (Lk 7:28 – My focus is not on this this text though). Unlike the other gospels, only St. Luke records this detail of the nativity of John the Baptist.