Category: Homily

Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16A little girl was visiting her grandparents, who held that Sunday should be a day of quiet and that

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Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a“Nobody’s Child” is a song about a blind orphan boy, who feels nobody wants him. Many visit the

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Isaiah 8:23—9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23Mother Teresa visited a man who lived alone. His room was dark and dirty. She started cleaning the

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II SUNDAY OF THE YEARIsaiah 49:3, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34Someone asked a missionary whether he liked what he was doing. His response was

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A NEW WAY OF LIVING Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17A 10-year-old boy, Cameron, walked into the pastor’s office with a request: “We were

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IV SUNDAY OF ADVENT_Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24Elisabeth Elliot (who worked for several years with the Huorani in Ecuador) tells of two adventurers who

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THE POWER TO FORGIVE AND TRANSFORM 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43In the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Archbishop of Paris preached:Some years ago, three

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XXX SUNDAY OF THE YEARSirach 35:12-14, 16-19; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14A man boasted to a sage that he had achieved quite a degree

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XXIX SUNDAY OF THE YEAR_Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:14–4:2; Luke 18:1-8 Perseverance is a trait that is admired in society. We have examples in daily

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XXVIII SUNDAY OF THE YEAR2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17:11-19I came across two studies on the effects of gratitude.One study examined the effects

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