Second Sunday of Advent
Gospel Mark 1:1-8 The man who embarks on a journey away from home will always long to return home one day. Our home is our identity. The readings from this second Sunday of Adven [...]
KEEP READINGParable of the Talents
Gospel Matthew 25:14-30 The book of Proverbs has a lot to say about women. How fitting that the book ends with a picture of a woman of strong character, great wisdom, many skills [...]
KEEP READINGThe Two Sons Parable
Gospel Matthew 21:28-32 If God is good and just why does He permit evil in this world? The prophet answers: “Sin is the cause of death. Once man renounces sin, he lives a new [...]
KEEP READINGTake up your Cross
Gospel Matthew 16:21-27 The first reading from the book of Jeremiah gives a breathtaking illustration of the irresistible power of God’s word. Jeremiah is confronted with a pro [...]
KEEP READINGThe Promise of the Holy Spirit
Gospel John 14:15-21 In the first reading we see that Philip went to a Samaritan town and preached there and he was welcomed because they had heard about the miracles he had perf [...]
KEEP READINGTempted in the Wilderness
Gospel Matthew 4:1-11 The text in the first reading narrates the creation and fall of our first parents. Man is endowed with greatness, but he can become a slave of temptation. F [...]
KEEP READINGThe Lamb of God
Gospel John 1:29-34 In today’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah assures us that God will redeem his people through his servant who will be the “light of the gentiles,” and p [...]
KEEP READING1st Sunday of Advent
Gospel Matthew 24:37-44 Today, on the first Sunday of Advent, the Church wishes to remind us of what Advent means. It means – a period of preparation for the coming of our Ch [...]
KEEP READINGZacchaeus the Tax Collector
Gospel Luke 19:1-10 The lesson which we have just heard from the book of Wisdom should pull us up sharply and make us think of what we puny men are, and what God is. He tells us th [...]
KEEP READINGJesus heals the ten
Gospel Luke 17:11-19 My brothers and sisters – let me ask you a question. Are the parishioners of our parish a grateful bunch of people or ungrateful? In today’s first readin [...]
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