Category: Homily

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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Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58We give a lot of thought to the food we eat. And that’s good, because our diets significantly

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Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18Thomas Edison was working on the “light bulb”. It took his team twenty-four hours to put together each

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Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20Leonardo da Vinci was working on a large canvas in his studio: he chose the subject, sketched the outline, applied

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Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23A parish priest narrates a conversation he had with a farmer about the effect the wind has on

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cts 8:5-8, 14-17; 1 Peter 3:15-18; John 14:15-21Home Alone. The real-life experience, not the movie, of many people. Here’s just one story: “I am sixteen.

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Acts 6:1-7; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12A little boy was scared to sleep alone. He called out to his dad: “I’m scared. Please stay here

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Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10An Amerindian and his friend were walking in midtown New York. Decibel levels were deafeningly high: people chatting,

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