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27th Sunday Ordinary Time October 5, 2025
Readings: Hab 1:2-3. 2, 2-4 2 Tim 1:6-8. 13-14; Lk 17: 5-19
Faith. It is the foundation of our Christian life. Faith gives us a new vision and version of life. Without faith...
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26th Sunday Ordinary Time September 28, 2025
Readings: Amos 6:1a, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31
The rich man in the Gospel, from Saint Luke today, had clearly grown accustomed to have the poor man at his gate and...
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25th Sunday Ordinary Time September 21, 2025
Readings: Amos 8.4-7 1Timothy 2.1-7 Luke 16.1-13
The first reading, from the Prophet Amos, describes those who actively plot to defraud others. Probably if we are listening to this homily, we are not people...
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23rd Sunday Ordinary Time September 14, 2025
Readings: Numbers 21.4-9 Philippians 2.6-11 John 3.13-17
Exaltation of the Cross The cross was a form of death penalty, a punishment for criminals, rebels and others. Yes, the cross becomes a failure, a piece...
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23rd Sunday Ordinary Time September 7, 2025
Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14:25-33
With the first reading, perhaps we can pray for the gift of wisdom and the gift of the Holy Spirit to be in our personal lives...
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22nd Sunday Ordinary Time August 31, 2025
Readings: Sirach 3:17-18,20,28-29, Hebrews 12:18-19,22-24, Luke 14:1,7-14
The readings today all point to the same idea. Sirach tells us to be gentle and humble. Hebrews reminds us that...
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21st Sunday Ordinary Time August 24, 2025
Readings: Is 66:18-21; Heb 12:11-13; Lk 12:22-30
This Sunday, the church reminds us of the reunion of all God’s people at the feast of His kingdom. It is not only Jews and...
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20th Sunday Ordinary Time August 17, 2025
Readings: Jer 38:4-6. 8-10; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53
In the first reading, the prophet Jeremiah suffered grave injustice for the sake of the message he preached. He became a man of dissension for...
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19th Sunday Ordinary Time August 10, 2025
Readings: Wis 18, 6-9; Heb 11, 1-2.8-19; Lk 12, 35-40
The concept of “God’s elect or God’s people” is very strong among the Jews. Biblically speaking, this is right...
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18th Sunday Ordinary Time August 3, 2025
Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23, Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11, Luke 12:13-21
These readings today invite us to think deeply about what we value and how we spend our time and energy. The basic teaching...
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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 27, 2025
Readings: Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13
The first reading today is from the Book of Genesis and hands on to us this tradition that Abraham was so close to God and could negotiate...
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16th Sunday Ordinary Time July 20, 2025
Reading: Genesis18:1-10a, Colossians1:24-28, Luke10:38-42
The story of Jesus in the home of Martha and Mary complements the story of the Good Samaritan, which immediately precedes it in Luke's Gospel. Both stories are unique...
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15th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 10:25-37
The first reading today, from the Book of Deuteronomy, tells us that the Lord has already put these kinds of commands in our hearts. Why are we...
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14th Sunday Ordinary Time July 6, 2025
Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14c, Galatians 6:14-18, Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
Today the Lord invites us to follow Him and to preach His Good News to others. There is much joy in the readings today...
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THE MOST HOLY TRINITY JUNE 15, 2025
Readings: Proverbs 8:22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Heb 7, 23-28 Mk 12, 28-34
It is Jesus Himself who teaches us the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity...
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Pentecost Sunday June 8, 2025
Readings: Acts 2:1-11 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23We celebrate this solemnity of 50 days after Easter as the fullness of Easter itself. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us any...
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THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD June 1, 2025
Readings: Acts 1, 1-11; Eph 1, 17-23; Lk 24, 46-53)
Our first reading from Acts of the Apostles recounts the events of the last moments and meeting of Christ with his apostles before his ascension...
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6th Sunday of Easter May 25, 2025
Readings: Acts of the Apostles 15:1-2,22-29; Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23; John 14:23-29
The words of Jesus at the Farewell Discourse during the Last Supper are intended as encouragement, concluding with a...