July 31, 2020 – Friday: Memorial of St Ignatius of Loyola Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073120.cfm) Homily Have you experienced being judged by friends or family members because of your past sins, weaknesses or failures and because you are just too familiar and ordinary for them? Or have you ever judged others too becauseContinue reading God’s presence in the ordinary and familiar
How to maintain a welcoming and nurturing heart
July 24, 2020 – Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072420.cfm) Homily How recipient am I of God and of His invitations? How welcoming and nurturing is my heart for God? The parable of the sower speaks to us of the different attitudes of human hearts in welcomingContinue reading How to maintain a welcoming and nurturing heart
How to live life the way Jesus wants us to live
July 22, 2020 – Wednesday; Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072220.cfm) Homily How do you live your life? Are living in your past? Then, that makes you a prisoner of the past. Are you living in the future and of what is to come? Then, thatContinue reading How to live life the way Jesus wants us to live
We are God’s family members
July 21, 2020 – Tuesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072120.cfm) Homily How important really is your family? How much quality time and presence do you give to your family? Our experience of the home quarantine has given us time to be with our families. Many of my friends haveContinue reading We are God’s family members
How to recognize God’s signs
July 20, 2020 – Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072020.cfm) Homily As the pandemic developed and caused great difficulties all over the world, many have interpreted this event as a sign of the apocalyptic days or the end of the world. In fact, many tragic events inContinue reading How to recognize God’s signs
God growing in us
July 19, 2020 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071920.cfm) Homily Who among us here have witnessed the actual growing of a seed, or any plant or of a person? We could have claimed that we have witnessed it just as parents looked closely as their child grows, or justContinue reading God growing in us
Be humble. Recognize your emptiness. Be Grateful.
July 14, 2020 – Tuesday 15th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071420.cfm) Homily Jesus was very disappointed at the response of the people. Three places were mentioned to have been the places where Jesus did many wonderful things. These are Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. Miracles were performed as God’s sign ofContinue reading Be humble. Recognize your emptiness. Be Grateful.
When complacency and indifference grip us
July 13, 2020 – Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/071320.cfm) Homily In the first reading, Prophet Isaiah proclaimed to the people God’s message. It was addressed to the rulers of Sodom and to the people of Gomorrah. Isaiah particularly called their attention “to hear and to listen”Continue reading When complacency and indifference grip us
LISTEN TO HIM
July 12, 2020 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings ( Homily As we struggle with the day to day challenges CoVID 19 virus has posted us, perhaps we also wonder what would be the best guidance and advice God is giving us at this time. Life amidst CoVID 19 virusContinue reading LISTEN TO HIM
Our God is moved with compassion
July 9, 2020 – Thursday 14th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070920.cfm) Homily If someone hit and hurt you, is it not that we also desire revenge and desire that they too will experience pain? Our human tendency is to inflict pain to others when we are being hurt. This isContinue reading Our God is moved with compassion