Category: Weekday Homilies
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The Lord Confronts our Unbelief and Hardness of Heart
April 15, 2023 – Saturday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041523.cfm) They could not believe it. They could not accept what has been reported by Mary Magdalene. They would not even accept the testimony of the two disciples who went to Emmaus and reported that the Lord appeared to them.…
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FINDING MEANING AND JOY
April 14, 2023 – Friday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041423.cfm) Do you also escape when you go through difficulties? Do you also hide and retreat when you experience failures and disappointments? Do you go back to your old and unhealthy coping or attitudes when you feel sad, angry, or…
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GRACE IN OUR SCARS
April 13, 2023 – Thursday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041323.cfm) What scars do you have in your body? And what scars do you have in your heart? What are the stories behind your scars? We both have physical and emotional scars. The physical scars in our bodies are perhaps…
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Witness in Person
April 13, 2023 – Thursday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041323.cfm) To be a credible witness, one must have a on-hand experience of the incident. For a witness to be reliable, one must have a personal encounter of what was going on & had happened as the event unfolds. Our…
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New Life and New Hope
April 12, 2023 – Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041223.cfm) When we are faced with painful and traumatic experiences in life, these can bring so much confusion in us. The sudden death of a loved one, losing and failure in your job or business, broken relationships, family feud, experiences…
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BEWARE
April 12, 2023 – Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041223.cfm) Easter proclaims that the Lord has risen. Let us be glad & rejoice. We, Christians proclaims our faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the death & now with us offering new life in Him. However, we…
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REFUSING TO GIVE UP
April 11, 2023 – Tuesday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041123.cfm) Mary Magdalene went into the tomb and was weeping. Mary was filled with sadness and pain. The tomb reminded her of that painful and scandalous death of Jesus on the cross. Yet, what is interesting in this scenario was…
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CHRIST IS TRULY ALIVE
April 10, 2023 – Monday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041023.cfm) Truth can indeed be easily manipulated or even covered especially when those who are faced with truth become threatened and disturbed by it. This is what we have heard on this Easter Monday as told to us by the…
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God is a Loving Parent
March 22, 2023 – Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032223.cfm) Each of us has a father. Biologically, we need a father and a mother for a child is only born out of a male and female. As we grow up, we have different experiences with our parents and…
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PRAY AND LISTEN
February 18, 2023 – Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021823.cfm) Faith, as the late Pope Benedict XVI said, is a human response of love to the Lord who first loved us. The Letter to the Hebrews reminded us of this as well. We were reminded on how…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 