Explore our collection of homilies and reflections on the Word of God.
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January 16, 2021
SATURDAY 16TH JANUARY, 2021 SATURDAY THE OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B R1:- Hebrew 4:12-18 PS:- 19:8.9.10.15 Accl:- Luke 4:18 Gospel:- Mark 2:13-17 THEME: ALL IN NEED OF MERCY It is difficult to go fishing without touching water. Part of our pastoral hazards come from comments and misconceptions that trail some […]
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January 15, 2021
HOMILY OF FRIDAY THE OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B R1:- Hebrew 4:1-5.11 PS:- 78:3 and 4bc.6c-7.8 Accl:- Luke 7:16 Gospel:- Mark 2:1-121 THEME: CONDITIONS FOR TRUE HEALING. In today’s gospel, we see how four men carried a paralytic to Jesus through the roof of the house. Surprisingly, Jesus did not accuse […]
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January 14, 2021
HOMILY IN THURSDAY 14TH JANUARY, 2021 THURSDAY THE OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B R1:- Hebrew 3:7-14 PS:- 95:6-7abc.7d and 8-9.10 Accl:- Matthew 4:23 Gospel:- Mark 1:40-45 THEME: HUMILITY IN SERVICE. A times, when we have some kinds of special gifts or we are endowed with the power to perform signs, we […]
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January 11, 2021
HOMILY OF MONDAY 11TH JANUARY, 2021 MONDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME R1:- Hebrew 1:1-6 PS:- 97:1 and 2b.6 and 7c.9 Accl:- Mark 1:15 Gospel:- Mark 1:14-20 We see in today’s gospel how Jesus called Simon and his brother Andrew. He also called James and John the son of Zebedee. These were ordinary […]
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January 9, 2021
HOMILY OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Isaiah 55:1-11, 1 John 5:1-9, Mark 1:7-11 The baptism of Jesus is a pointer to God’s interest in humanity. Though sinless, Jesus came to be baptised by the John the Baptist. By this singular act, he demonstrated his solidarity with us. This association of human and the divine […]
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January 8, 2021
HOMILY OF SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2021 SATURDAY AFTER EPIPHANY R1:- 1 John 5:14-21 PS:- 149:1b-2.3-4.5 Accl:- Matthew 4:16 Gospel:- John 3:22-30 ” No one can receive anything except what is given to him from heaven” The above statement was John’s response when his disciples came to report to him that they saw Jesus baptising in […]
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January 8, 2021
HOMILY OF FRIDAY 8TH JANUARY, 2021 FRIDAY AFTER EPIPHANY R1:- 1 John 5:5-13 PS:- 147.12.13.14-15.19-20 Accl:- Matthew 4:23 Gospel:- Luke 5:12-16 People with special or rare gifts will always have the search light of the public on them. The presence of such people can be a threat to some men and women in their neighbourhood. […]
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January 7, 2021
HOMILY OF THURSDAY 7TH JANUARY, 2021, THURSDAY AFTER EPIPHANY R1:- 1 John 4:19-5:4 PS:- 72:1-2.14 and 15bc.17 Accl:- Luke 4:18 Gospel:- Luke 4:14-22a Outside our regular responsibilities under constituted authorities, to pay allegiance to someone is to submit our life to him or her. However, we cannot entrust our life to whom we do not […]
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January 5, 2021
HOMILY OF WEDNESDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 1John 4:11-18, Mark 6:45-52 Fear has the capacity to distort our realities. It can make us see things wrongly and as such quickens us into wrong reactions. In our today’s gospel, we see Jesus after the feeding of the five thousand, he sent his disciples away, and having dispersed the […]
