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First Sunday of Lent: Fighting temptation

9 March, 2025

Readings: Deut 2:4-10; Rom 10:8-13: Luke 4:1-13 Today, the first Sunday of Lent, we encounter Jesus who withdraws to a lonely place to prepare himself for his incoming mission. As he tries to ready and prepare himself for this task, Satan comes in to test him. Through the three temptations, Satan tries to deviate Jesus […]

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8th Sunday in Ordinary time

2 March, 2025

Take out the log in your eye first First Reading: Sir 27:1-7, 1Cor 15:54-58, Luke 6:39-45 Our Lord today calls us to reflect on our hypocrisy. In the idiom of two men trying to notice evil in another, a vivid example is given depicting our tendency to single out faults in others while we ourselves […]

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Homily for Sunday 7th Sunday in Ordinary time

23 February, 2025

First reading:1 Sam 26: 2, 7-9,12-13,22-23: Second reading: 1Cor 15:45-49; Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 Love your enemies It is human nature and inclination to pay evil for another. Most children are taught from their early years of development to revenge when wronged. It is even more pronounced where people do good to those that do them […]

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Homily for 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trusting in the Lord

16 February, 2025

Readings: First reading: Jer 17:5-8, Second Reading 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20, Gospel Luke 6:17, 20-26.   The word of the Lord today invites us to trust Him. Through the preaching of Jeremiah, God reminds Israel the folly of trusting in human intervention and powers. Faced with the danger of attack from every side, Israel had […]

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Homily on Sunday: Solemnity of Christ the King

3 February, 2025

Readings: Daniel 7: 13 – 14, Revelation 1: 5 – 8; John 18: 33 – 37. Today is the final Sunday of the liturgical calendar. We end at the climax with the celebration of the Christ as the King of the Universe. Today, as we glory in his kingship and reign, we are reminded of […]

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