LITURGICAL SEASONS
Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, Year 2025
Readings: Acts 5:12-16; Revelation 1:9-13,17-19; John 20:19 – 31
Theme: ‘My Lord and My God’ (John 20: 28)
By Michael McCabe
Today’s gospel reading from...
Homily for Easter Sunday, 2025
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; John 20:1-9
Theme: ‘Christ has turned all our sunsets into dawn’ (St Clement of Alexandria).
By Michael McCabe.
We are...
Palm Sunday Homily – Year C, 2025
Readings: Isaiah 50: 4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22: 14 – 23:56
Theme: ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord’
By Michael...
Homily for 5th Sunday of Lent 2025
Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11
Theme: God of Mercy and Compassion
By Michael McCabe
Mercy is the most striking manifestation of God’s love as revealed...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent 2025
Readings: Joshua 5: 9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21;Luke 15:1-3,11-32
Theme: The Embrace of A Forgiving God
By Michael McCabe
In today’s gospel we heard the familiar parable of...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, 2025
Readings: Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Luke 13:1-9
Theme: The God of Second Chances
By: Michael McCabe, SMA
A priest in one of our Houses was...
Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year 2025
Readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28-36
Theme: The Transfiguration of Jesus
The transfiguration of Jesus has captured the imagination of artists down through the...
Homily for the First Sunday of Lent 2025
Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13
Theme: Led by the Spirit into the Wilderness
Jesus’ life was dominated by a single passion: to establish on...
Homily for the 8th Sunday Homily of Ordinary Time: 2025
Readings: Ecclesiastes 27: 4-7; 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58; Luke 6:39-45
Theme: ‘If you want to change the world, start with yourself’ (Mahatma Gandhi)
Last Sunday’s...
Homily for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2025
Readings: 1 Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38.
Theme: ‘Where there is hatred, let us sow love.’
There are many...
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2025
Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26
Theme: The Beatitudes
During my sojourn in the Holy Land in the Spring of 2008,...
Homily for the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2025
Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8; Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
Theme: Responding to God’s Call
The theme of vocation, or discerning and responding to God’s call, runs through all...
Homily for the Feast of the Presentation, 2nd February 2025
Readings: Malachi: 3:1-4; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40
Theme: A Light of Revelation for all People
Our first reading from the prophet Malachi tells us that the...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 2025
Theme: May your Kingdom come on earth as in heaven.
Readings Nehemiah 8: 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1 : 1-4; 4:14-21
There are...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2025
Theme: New wine in new wine-skins
Readings Isaiah 62: 1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2: 1-11.
Too often Christianity has been wrongly presented, as a...
Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, 2025
Readings: Isaiah 42: 1-4,6-7; Titus 2: 11-14, 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
Theme: ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you’ (Lk...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Christmas 2024
Readings: Ecclesiasticus 24:1-2,8-12; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-18; John 1:1-18
Theme: ‘The Word was made flesh and lived among us’ (John 1:14).
Many of you may remember a...
Homily on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Readings: Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16:21
Theme: ‘The heart of a Mother is God’s loveliest masterpiece’ (St Thérèse of Lisieux)
(1st January 2025)
I’m sure...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent – Year C
Readings: Micah 3:1-4a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Lk 1: 34-45
Theme: Mary, the Most Blessed of all women
In last Sunday’s liturgy it was John the Baptist,...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent Year C, 2025
Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18
Theme: Rejoice, the Lord is near
Today, Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday, the theme of joy naturally dominates the liturgy....
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C
Readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6
Theme: Prepare the Way of the Lord
Advent is not a penitential season in the same sense that Lent is....
Homily for the 34th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B 2024 – Feast of...
Readings: Daniel 7:13-14; Apocalypse1:5-8; John 18:33b-37
The Feast of Christ the King marks the end of ordinary time and the completion of the Church’s liturgical...
Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024
Readings: Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14,18; Mark 13:24-32
Theme: ‘Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away’ (Mk 13:31)
On Sunday,...
Homily for the 32nd Sunday Year B 2024
Readings: 1 Kings 17:10-16; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12: 38-44.
Theme: ‘To give and not to count the cost.’ (St Ignatius of Loyola).
Widows feature prominently in...
Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, 2024
Readings: Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 12: 28b-34
Theme: ‘Without love, I am nothing’ (1 Cor 13:2).
In today’s gospel passage from Mark, a scribe...
Homily for 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52
Theme: The courageous faith of Bartimaeus
Today’s gospel reading recounts one of the most fascinating miracle stories in...
Homily for the 29th Sunday Year B, 2024
Readings: Is 53:10-11; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45
Today’s gospel reading opens with Jesus and his disciples on the road, heading for Jerusalem. Jesus has just...
Homily for the 28th Sunday, Year 2024
Readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30
Theme: True Wisdom
A few days ago I had an interesting conversation with a friend about an underrated...
Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024
Readings: Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16
Theme: Married Love
Our readings today invite us to reflect on the theme of married love. The first...
Homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Theme: Anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name ...will certainly not lose their reward.
Readings: 11:25-29; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:...
Homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Wis 2:12,17-20; James 3:16 – 4:3; Mk 9:30-37
Theme: True Greatness
The theme of today’s readings might be summed up in these words of...
Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary time, Year B
Readings: Is 50:5-9; James 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35
Theme: The true Identity and Mission of Jesus
Caesarea Philippi, the setting of today’s gospel is located on...
Homily for the 23rd Sunday, Year B
Readings: Isaiah 35:4-7, James 2:1-5 and Mark 7:31-37.
In the gospel today Jesus meets a man who is deaf and also has a speech impediment....
Homily for the 22nd Sunday, Year B
Readings: Deut 4:1-2,6-8; James 1;17-18,21-22,27; Mk 7:1-8,14-15,21-23
Theme: Be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves
Today’s first reading is taken from...
Homily for 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024, Year B
Readings: Joshua 24:1-2, 15-17, 18; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69
Theme: Lord, to Whom shall we go?
In today’s Gospel we are being asked to make a...
Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B, 2024
Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
Theme: The life-giving bread of Jesus
Today’s gospel reading continues where last Sunday’s ended with Jesus identifying himself...
Homily for the 19th Sunday, Ordinary time Year B, 2024
Readings: I Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:30 – 5:2; John 6:41-51
Theme: Food for the Journey of Life
We normally think of the prophets as strong,...
Homily for the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024
Readings: Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15; Ephesians 4:1-17, 20-24; John 6:24-35
Theme: Jesus, the Bread of life
‘And did you get what
you wanted from...
Homily for the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time 2024
Readings: 2 Kings 4: 42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15
Theme: Bread, blessed, broken and shared for the life of the world
While on a sabbatical...
Homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34
Theme: ‘Sheep without a Shepherd’ (Mark 6:34)
Being compared to sheep – lost or found – may seem...
Homily for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Amos 7:12-15; Eph 1:3-14; Mk 6: 7-13
Theme: Called and Sent on Mission
The themes of vocation and mission are highlighted in two of today...
Homily for the 14th Sunday Year B
Readings: Ezek 2:2-5; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6a
Theme: ‘They would not accept him’ (Mk 6:3)
The theme of rejection looms large in today’s scripture readings. ...
Homily for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24; 2 Cor 8:7,9,13-15; Mk 5:21-43
Theme: The Healing Power of Jesus
Today’s gospel reading from Mark reports two miracles performed by Jesus...
Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Job 38:1,8-11; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Mark 4:35-41
Theme: ‘Even though he sleeps, Christ is in...
Homily for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, 2024
Readings: Ezekiel 17:22-24; 2 Cor. 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34
Theme: ‘Mustard seed things make mountains move around’ (Freddie Robinson Jr)
In 1973 a German-born economist, Ernst F....
Homily for the 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Genesis 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35
Theme: The True Family of Jesus
From the outset conflict was part and parcel of the public life...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ 2024
Readings: Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16,22-26
Theme: ‘See what you are and become what you see’ (St Augustine)
The feast of Corpus Christi (the Body...
Homily on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2024
Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20
Theme: The great Mystery that defines and enfolds us.
Many of you will be familiar with the...
Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday 2024
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1Cor 12:3-7; Jn 20: 19-23
Theme: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ (Jn 20:22)
Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, the climax of...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension Year B, 2024
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Mark 28:16-20
Theme: ‘Proclaim the Good News to all creation’ (Mk16:15)
Today, the feast of the Ascension, marks both an end...
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter 2024
Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15: 9-17
Theme: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ (Jn 15:12)
We usually remember the last...
Homily for he 5th Sunday of Easter, Year B
Readings: Acts 9:26-31; 1 John 3:18-24 3:18-24; John 15:1-8
Theme: ‘I am the vine, you are the branches’ (Jn 15:5)
The context of today’s gospel reading...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter 2024 – Vocations’ Sunday
Readings: Acts 4:8-12; 1 Jn 3:1-2; John 10:11-18
Theme: ‘The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep’ (Jn 10:11)
Today is the World Day...
Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter 2024
Readings: Acts 3:13-15,17-19; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48
Theme: ‘Love in his eyes’’ (Malcolm Guite)
Today’s gospel reading follows immediately after Luke’s dramatic account of our...
Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter Year B
Readings: Acts 4:32-25; 1 John 1-6; John 20:19 – 31
Theme: Touching the Wounds of Christ
When we feel anxious or threatened, our natural reaction is...
Homily for Easter Sunday 2024
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; John 20:1-9
Theme: ‘Christ has turned all our sunsets into dawns’ (St Clement of Alexandria)
We are an Easter People...
Homily for Palm Sunday – Year B
Readings: Isaiah 50: 4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the...
Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent- Year B
Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:7-9; John 12: 20-33
Theme: The Way of the Cross
As we continue our Lenten journey with Christ, the human face of...
4th Sunday of Lent 2024 – Year B
2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-21 - Ephesians 2:4-10 - John 3:14-21
Two of the most beautiful, heart-warming and challenging statements in the Bible are found in the...
Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent – Year B
Readings: Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25
Theme: ‘A House of Prayer for all Peoples’ (Isaiah 56:7)
A few days ago, I came across a...
Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent – Year B
Readings: Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18; Romans 8:31-34; Mark 9:2-10
Theme: ‘The Love that dances in the heart of things’ (Malcolm Guite)
Today, we are invited to reflect on...
Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
Readings: Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15
Theme: Jesus in the Wilderness
Jesus’ life was dominated by a single passion: to proclaim and establish on...
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Cycle B
Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45
Theme: ‘Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him’ (Mk 1:41)
In biblical times, leprosy covered a wide...
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B
Readings: Job 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-23; Mark 1:29-39
Theme: The Mystery of Human Suffering
Human suffering, is one of the greatest mysteries of life. It...
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1:21-28
Theme: ‘He taught them with authority’ (Mk 1:22)
The theme of authority dominates our readings today. In the...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings: Jonah 3:1-5,10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20
Theme: The God of Second Chances
One of the favourite aphorisms of a former priest companion of mine...
Homily for the Second Sunday of Year B – 14th January 2024
Readings:1 Samuel 3:3-10,19; 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20; John 1:35-42
Theme: ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening ’ (1 Samuel 3:10)
Today’s readings are all about listening and...
Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Year B
Readings: Isaiah 50:1-11; 1 John 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11
Theme: ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you’ (Mark 1:11)
Today, we reach the...
Homily for Sunday 31st December 2023 – Feast of the Holy Family
Theme: ‘Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you’ (Colossians 3:18)
Readings: Genesis:15:1-6 and 21:1-3; Colossians 3:12-21; Luke 2:22-40
On...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent 2023
Readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-11,16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38
Theme: Having the Courage to say ‘Yes’ to God
The role of Mary in the unfolding of God’s...
Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent 2023
Readings: Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8,19-28
Theme: Waiting in Joyful Hope
I will begin with a story ‘There was once an Indian tribe whose...
Homily for the second Sunday of Advent 2023
Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8
Theme: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight’ (Mark 1:3)
The note of joyful hope,...
Homily for First Sunday of Advent 2023
Readings: Isaiah 63:16-17,64:1,3-8; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37
Theme: ‘Stay Awake!’ (Mark 13:37)
Introduction: Today, the Church launches a new liturgical year, with the season of Advent...
Homily for the 34th Sunday Year A
The Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Readings: Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28; Matthew 25:31-46
The solemnity of Christ the King marks the...
Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Year A
Proverbs: 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6
Matthew 25:14-30
READY FOR THE JOURNEY…
As the liturgical year draws to a close, November days remind us of the...
Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Year A
Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16 p 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - Matthew 25:1-13
Let your light shine: Today’s Gospel from the 25th chapter of St Matthew is the fifth...
Homily for the 31st Sunday of Year A
Readings: Malachi 1:14 – 2:2,8-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9,13; Matthew 23:1-12
In today’s gospel reading from Matthew, Jesus addresses his followers on the important subject of...
Homily for the 30th Sunday of Year A
Readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40
Love, in the words of a popular 1960’s song, ‘makes the world go round’. The famous American...
Homily for the 29th Sunday of Year A
Mission Sunday
Readings: Isaiah 45:1,4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5; Matthew 22:15-21
Theme: ‘Hearts on fire; feet on the move’ (Pope Francis)
Today, World Mission Sunday, is the day...
28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A – A Reflection
Isaiah 25.6-10
Philippians 4.12-14, 19-20
Matthew 22.1-14
The Banquet is prepared. The Hall is ready. The food is on the table. The King has issued the invitations...
Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7; Philippians 4:6-9; Matthew 21:33-43
Theme: Tenants in God’s Vineyard
The images of vines and vineyards loom large in the Scriptures. They feature today...
Homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Ezekiel 18:25-28
Philippians 2:1-11
Matthew 21:28-32
Today’s Gospel reminds us of how people can change their minds, or their way of life, for good or for evil....
Homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20-24,27; Matthew 20:1-16
Theme: ‘Why be envious because I am generous’ (Mt...
Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Ecclesiasticus 27:33 – 28:7; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35
Theme: To Forgive Is To Set A Prisoner Free And Discover That The Prisoner Was You...
Homily for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20
Theme: Speaking the truth in love
Today’s gospel and first reading are at odds with the commonly held view...
Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: Year A
Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2; Matthew 16:21-27
Theme: The Cost of Discipleship
Poor Peter! In last Sunday’s gospel reading, we saw Jesus declaring him blessed and...
Homily for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Isaiah 22:19-23; Romans 11:33-36; Matthew 16:13-20
Theme: ‘But who do you say I am?’ (Mt 16:15)
At the foot of Mount Hermon, on the border...
Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Isaiah 56:1,6-7; Romans 11:13-15,29-32; Matthew 15:21-28
Theme: ‘Woman, great is your Faith’ (Mt 15:28)
There is no more powerful force in this world than the...
Homily for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A
Readings: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33
Theme: Faith in Stormy Times
It’s never easy, at any time, to keep faith but to hold...
Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration
Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration (6th August 2023)
Readings: Daniel 7:9-10; Peter 1:16-19; Matthew 17:1-9
Theme: ‘I looked at Christ transfigured without fear’ (Patrick...
Homily for the 17th Sunday of Year A
Readings: 1 Kings 3:5,7-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52
Theme: The Treasure Hidden in our Hearts
‘He is playing a game that I’m not familiar with.’ This...
Homily for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Wisdom 12:13.16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43
Theme: The Patience of God
Today’s readings highlight a virtue that is fast disappearing from our world: the virtue...
Homily for the 15th Sunday of ordinary time: Year A
Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23
Theme: Co-workers in the birth of a New Creation
Jesus’ favourite way of teaching was by using stories or...
Homily for the 14th Sunday of ordinary time: Year A
Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9.11-13; Matthew 11:25-30
Theme: The ‘Yoke’ of Jesus
On the night of October 11, 1962, a large crowd of mostly young people,...
Homily for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Year A
Readings: 2 Kings 4:8-11,14-16; Romans 6: 3-4,8-11; Matthew 10:27-42
Theme: The Cost of Discipleship
The main theme of today’s gospel reading is the cost of...
Homily for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33
‘Noli Timere’ (Do not be afraid) were the last words of the poet, Seamus Heaney, to his wife,...
Homily for the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A
Readings: Exodus 19:2-6; Romans 5:6-11; Matthew 9:36-10:8
Theme: The Compassion of Jesus
God’s tender love and compassion for his creatures is the dominant theme of our...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
Readings: Deuteronomy 8:2-3.14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58
Theme: Keeping Alive the Blessed Memory of Jesus
In his book, Why Go To Church?, Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.,...
Homily on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2023
Readings: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18
Theme: ‘God of tenderness and compassion ‘ (Ex 34:6)
Many of you, I’m sure, remember the popular...
Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, Year A
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23
Theme: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’ (Jn 20:22)
Today, Pentecost Sunday, we come to the climax of...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension Year A
Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20
Theme: “Go therefore, make disciples of all nations” (Mt 28:18)
During a sabbatical programme at the Ecce Homo Institute...
6th Sunday of Easter – Year A
Readings: Acts 8:5-8,14-17; 1Peter 3:15-18; Jn 14: 15-21
Theme: ‘I will not leave you orphans; I will come back to you’ (Jn 14:18)
‘Nobody’s Child’ was...
5th Sunday of Easter – Year A
Readings: Acts 6:1-7; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12
Theme: Following and witnessing to the Way of Jesus
The context of today’s gospel reading is Jesus’ lengthy...
4th Sunday of Easter – Year A
Readings: Acts 2:14, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20-25; John 10:1-10
Theme: ‘I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly’ (Jn 10:10)
Today is...
3rd Sunday of Easter – Year A
Readings: Acts 2: 14, 22-33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35
Luke’s famous account of the risen Jesus’ meeting with two of his disciples on the...
2nd Sunday of Easter – Year A
Readings: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1: 3-9; John 20:19 – 31
Today’s gospel reading from John reports three distinct but related events:
a) on the...
EASTER SUNDAY – Year A
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Col 3:1-4; John 20:1-9
Theme: ‘The way is open, death has been deposed…And you are free at last on Easter Day’...
Palm Sunday – Year A
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:6
Theme: ‘There was a shout about my ears and palms before my feet’ (G.K. Chesterton).
Today, Palm Sunday,...
5th Sunday of Lent – Year A
Readings: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45
Theme: ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (Jn 11:25)
Today’s gospel reading from John recounts the familiar story...
4th Sunday of Lent – Year A
Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
Theme: ‘Be like children of Light’ (Eph 5:8)
Last Sunday we had wonderful story from the Gospel of...
3rd Sunday of Lent – Year A
Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2,5-8; John 4:5-42
Theme: An Unforgettable Meeting at the Well
As a young lad, growing up on a small farm in the...
2nd Sunday of Lent – Year A
Theme: The Transfiguration: A Shining Moment at the Heart of Creation
The second Sunday of Lent presents us with the story of the Transfiguration of...
First Sunday of Lent, 2022 – Year A
It is an interesting feature of the Gospels that in the fourth and final one –John – there is no account, never mind a...
1st Sunday of Lent – Year A
Readings: Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
The mission of Jesus was to establish on earth God’s reign of justice, peace and love. Before he...
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 – Year A
Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48
‘You cannot be serious’ is the title of John McEnroe’s bestselling autobiography published in 2002. The name...
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 – Year A
12 February 2023
Sirach 15: 15 – 20
1 Cor: 2:6 – 10
Matthew 5.17 – 37
Today’s Gospel is one which can cause a lot...
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 – Year A
Readings: Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16
Theme: You are the Light of the World and the Salt of the Earth
In his 1969 hit...
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 – Year A
29 January 2022
Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ...
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 – Year A
22 January 2023
Isaiah 8:23 - 9:3 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17 ...
Second Sunday of the Year 2023 – Year A
15 January 2023
Isaiah 49: 3,5-6 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 ...
Baptism of the Lord 2023 – Cycle A
8 January 2023
Isaiah 42: 1-4,6-7 Acts 10:34-38 ...
Mary, Holy Mother of God 2023 – Year A
1 January 2023
Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 ...
A Christmas 2022 Reflection
“The Word was made flesh and made his home among us”
Dear Friends,
Christmas is a time when we try to re-connect with family and...
Christmas Eve Mass 2022 – Year A
24 December 2022
Isaiah 9:1-7 Titus 2:14-18 ...
4th Sunday of Advent 2022 – Year A
Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25
Theme: Putting St Joseph back into Christmas
As Christmas draws near, we tend to get caught up in a...
3rd Sunday of Advent 2022 – Year A
11 December 2022
Isaiah 35:1-6,10 James 5:7-10 ...
2nd Sunday of Advent 2022 – Year A
4 December 2022
Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-9 ...
First Sunday of Advent 2022 – Year A
27 November 2022
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14 ...
Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, 2022 – Year C
20 November 2022
2 Samuel 5:1-3 Colossians 1:12-20 ...
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
13 November 2022
Malachi 3:19-20 2 Thessalonians 3: 7-12 ...
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
6 November 2022
Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 2 Thessalonians 2: 16-3:5 ...
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
31 October 2022
Wisdom 11:22-12:1 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 ...
Sunday Homilies – MISSION SUNDAY – Year C
Homily for the 30th Sunday of Year C
Readings: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; Second Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
Theme: Called to be joyful witnesses of...
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
16 October 2022
Exodus 17:8-13 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 ...
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Homily for the 28th Sunday of Year C
Readings: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19
Theme: Gratitude and Godliness.
I recall my granny telling us...
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Homily for the 27th Sunday of Year C
Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4, 2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14; Luke 17:5-10
Theme: Faith and Service
Our readings today invite us to reflect...
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Homily for the 26th Sunday of Year C
Readings: Amos: 6:1, 4-7;1 Timothy 6:11-16; Luke 16:19-31
Theme: Indifference to the plight of the Poor
Today’s readings, like...
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Homily for the 25th Sunday of Year C
Readings: Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13
Theme: ‘You cannot be the slave both of God and...
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Year C
Readings: Exodus 32: 7-11,13-14; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32
Theme: The Embrace of a Forgiving God
The...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
4 September 2022
Wisdom 9:13-18 Philemon 9-10,12-17 ...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
28 August 2022
Ecclesiasticus 3:17-18 Hebrews 12:18-19,20,28-29 ...
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
21 August 2022
Isaiah 66:18-21 Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13 ...
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Hebrews 12: 1-4, 8-19, 9-11 ...
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
7 August 2022
Wisdom 18:6-9 Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 ...
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
31 July 2022
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 ...
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
Sunday, 24 July 2022
World Day of Prayer for Grandparents and the Elderly
Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:12-14 ...
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
17 July 2022
Genesis 18:1-10 Colossians 1:24-28 ...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
10 July 2022
Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Colossians 1:15-20 ...
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
3 July 2022
Isaiah 66:10-14 Galatians 6:14-18 ...
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
26 June 2022
1 Kings 19:16b,19-21 Galatians 5:1,13-18 ...
Corpus Christi 2022 – Year C
19 June 2022
Genesis 14:18-20 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ...
Trinity Sunday 2022 – Year C
12 June 2022
Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5:1-5 ...
Pentecost Sunday 2022 – Year C
5 June 2022
Acts 2:1-11; 1Cor 12:3-7; ...
Feast of the Ascension 2022 – Year C
29 May 2022
Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:17-23 ...
6th Sunday of Easter 2022 – Year C
22 May 2022
Acts 15:1-2,22-29 Apocalypse 21:10-14 ...
5th Sunday of Easter 2022 – Year C
15 May 2022
Acts 14:21-27 Apocalypse 21:1-5 ...
4th Sunday of Easter 2022 – Good Shepherd Sunday
8 May 2022
Acts 13:14, 43-52 Apocalypse 7:9,14-17 ...
3rd Sunday of Easter 2022 – Year C
1 May 2022
Acts 5:27- 32, 40- 41 Revelation 5:11-14 John 21:1-19
Theme: ‘Do...
2nd Sunday of Easter 2022 – Year C – Divine Mercy Sunday
24 April 2022
Acts 5:12-16 Revelation 1:9-13,17-19 ...
Easter Sunday 2022 – Year C
17 April 2022
Acts 10:34, 37-43 Col 3:1-4 ...
A Reflection for Holy Thursday 2022 – Year C
14 April 2022
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ...
Palm Sunday 2022 – Year C
10 April 2022
Isaiah 50: 4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 ...
5th Sunday of Lent 2022 – Year C
3 April 2022
Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:8-14 John 8:1-11
Theme: The God of Mercy and Compassion
Mercy is the most striking manifestation of God’s love as reflected...
4th Sunday of Lent 2022 – Year C
27 March 2022
Joshua 5: 9-12 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 ...
3rd Sunday of Lent 2022 – Year C
20 March 2022
Exodus 3:1-8a,13-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12 ...
2nd Sunday of Lent 2022 – Year C
13 March 2022
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 ...
1st Sunday of Lent 2022 – Year C
6 March 2022
Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Romans 10:8-13 ...
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
27 February 2022
Ecclesiastes 27: 4-7 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58 ...
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
20 February 2022
1 Samuel 26: 2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 1 Corinthians...
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
13 February 2022
Jeremiah 17:5-8 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 ...
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
6 February 2022
Isaiah 6: 1-2a, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 ...
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
30 January 2022
Jeremiah1:4-5. 17-19 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 ...
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
23 January 2022
Theme: Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as in heaven.
Nehemiah 8: 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 ...
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 – Year C
16 January 2022
Theme: New wine in new wine-skins
Isaiah 62: 1-5 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ...
Baptism of the Lord 2022
9 January 2022
Isaiah 42: 1-4,6-7 Titus 2: 14=17; 3:4-7 ...
Epiphany of the Lord 2022
6 January 2022
Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 ...
2nd Sunday of Christmas 2022 – Year C
2 January 2022
Sirach 24:1-4.12-16 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-18 ...
Feast of the Holy Family 2021 – Year C
26 December 2021 - Feast of the Holy Family
God’s Children: that is what we are
1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28 ...
Christmas Day 2021 – Year C
25 December 2021
Isaiah 52: 7-10 Hebrews 1:1-6 ...
4th Sunday of Advent 2021 – Year C
19 December 2021
Micah 3:1-4a Hebrews 10:5-10 ...
3rd Sunday of Advent 2021 – Year C
12 December 2021
Zephaniah 3:14-18a Philippians 4:4-7 ...
2nd Sunday of Advent 2021 – Year C
5 December 2021
Baruch 5:1-9 Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 Luke...
1st Sunday of Advent 2021 – Year C
28 November 2021
Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke...
Jesus Christ, King of the Universe – 34th Sunday 2021 – Year B
21 November 2021
Daniel 7:13-14 Apocalypse1:5-8 John 18:33b-37
The solemnity...
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
14 November 2021
Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14,18 Mark 13:24-32
Theme:...
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
7 November 2021
1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark...
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
31 October 2021
Deuteronomy 6:2-6 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 12: 28b-34
‘Love is the only...
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 (Mission Sunday) – Year B
24 November 2021
World Mission Sunday
Jeremiah 31:7-9 Hebrews 5:1-6 Mark 10:46-52
The Second Vatican Council, in its Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity, states that ‘the...
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
17 October 2021
Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4:14-16 Mark 10:34-45
‘Service...
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
10 October 2021
Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12 – 13 Mark 10:17...
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
3 October 2012
Genesis 2:18-24 Hebrews 2:9-11 Mark 10:2-16
I had several outstation churches in my Nigerian parish. In one of them was a couple who...
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B
26 September 2021
Numbers 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9: 38-43,...
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
19 September 2021
Wisdom 2:12, 17 – 20 James 3:16 – 4.3 ...
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
12 September 2021
Isaiah 50: 4 – 9 James 2: 14 – 18 ...
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
12 September 2021
Isaiah 35:4-7 James 2:1-5 Mark 7:31-37
One time I was watching...
22nd Sunday of the Year 2021 – Year B
29 August 2021
Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8 James 1;17-18,21-22,27 Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23
Theme: Be doers of the...
Feast of the Assumption 2021 – Year B
15 August 2021
Revelation 11:19, 12:1- 6, 10
1 Cor 15:20-26
Luke 1.39-56
The feast of the Assumption is not about the logistics of how Mary’s body was...
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
8 August 2021
1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30 – 5:2 John 6:41-51
Food for...
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
1 August 2021
Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:1-17, 20-24 Mark 6:24-35
Many of...
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 – Year B
25 July 2021
2 Kings 4: 42-44 Ephesians 4:1-6 Mark 6:1-15
Christ, the Bread...