Category: Homily

Isaiah 56:1, 6-7; Romans 11:13-15, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28During WWII, a group of soldiers lost a buddy and wanted to bury him in a proper grave.

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1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a; Romans 9:1-5; Matthew 14:22-33We are amid a great storm in our lives – inflation and unemployment; hatred and intolerance; natural disasters

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Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21Amid the devastation caused by the recent Assam floods, there are touching stories of compassion. While volunteers were distributing

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1 Kings 3:5, 7-12; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-52A member of a youth-group, an Infosys employee, was leaving for the US and wanted to sell his

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Wisdom 12:13, 16-19; Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 13:24-43A bishop, sailing on an ocean-liner, found that he was sharing a cabin. He went to the purser to

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Isaiah 55:10-11; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23“I’m leaving!” said a priest companion as he and I were vesting for the Eucharist. Before a stunned me could

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Zechariah 9:9-10; Romans 8:9, 11-13; Matthew 11:25-30One of your main jobs as a parent is to counter the culture. What the media delivers to children

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2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Romans 6:3-4, 8-11; Matthew 10:37-42The lady of the house instructed her butler before a banquet: “Bentley, I want you to stand

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Jeremiah 20:10-13; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33On 06 June, Bishop Osório Afonso, Bishop of Quelimane (Mozambique), was shot dead. According to the World Watch List, last

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Exodus 19:2-6a; Romans 5:6-11; Matthew 9:36—10:8Every evening at the Oratory at Don Bosco Matunga (Mumbai), the kids play for a while before they study. I

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