Category: Homilies
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God loves a grateful and cheerful giver
August 10, 2019 – Saturday 18th Week in Ordinary Time From the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (9:6-10) Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Moreover,…
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Be welcoming, God’s grace and mercy is without borders
August 7, 2019 – Wednesday 18th Week in Ordinary Time From the Gospel of Matthew (15:21-28) At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, “Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon.”…
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It is through prayer and listening that we allow God to transform us
August 6, 2019 – Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus From the Gospel of Luke (9:28b-36) Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, …
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Our possessions can possess us
August 4, 2019 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Book of Ecclesiastes (1:2; 2:21-23) Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and yet to another who has not labored over it, he must leave property. This…
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Seeking one’s happiness is seeking God
August 1, 2019 – Thursday: Solemnity of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori From the Book of Prophet Isaiah (61:1-3) The spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the…
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Are you also searching something of great value?
July 31, 2019 – Wednesday 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola From the Book of Exodus (34:29-35) As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed…
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Where can me meet the Lord face to face?
July 30, 2019 – Tuesday 17th Week in Ordinary time From the Book of Exodus (33:7-11;34:5b-9,29) The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp. Anyone who wished to consult the LORD would go to this meeting tent outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out…
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Who is my mother? Who are my brothers and sisters?
July 23, 2019 – Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time From the Book of Exodus (14:21-15:1) Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD swept the sea with a strong east wind throughout the night and so turned it into dry land. When the water was thus divided, the children…
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God relates in Love and Mercy not in Fear and Violence
Solemnity of the Most Holy Redeemer (Third Sunday of July) July 21, 2019 How did you experience God in your childhood? I am sure that each of us has our own experiences of God. Our God experiences and even image of God during our childhood would somehow paint the picture of God’s image as we…
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God visits us today and He comes to bless us
July 21, 2019 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Book of Genesis (18:1-10a) The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from…
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