Homily Blog

Photo from Google search Towards the end of the fantasy movie, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy taps her feet three times and joyfully exclaims,...

Let’s start this reflection with Matt Redman’s song titled, 10,000 Reasons. It opens this way: Bless the Lord O my soul, O my soul,...

The church uses the transfiguration narrative during Lent for a purpose. It is about the theophany, God’s manifestation in Christ Jesus,...

Moses says, “And having set them before the Lord your God, you shall bow down in his presence.” Being the unmerited, "free and undeserved...

The final words of Jesus in today’s gospel are weighty and call for deeper reflection, “for from the fullness of the heart the mouth...

Have you had what could be described as “a golden opportunity” to take revenge? Perhaps you feel good about such an opportunity. That is...

Christ presents the path for the truly blessed in the gospel. He identifies the two radically contradictory ways, blessedness and woe....

·       Isaiah says, "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips." ·       Paul...

An "encounter with God" is defined as a personal, transformative experience where an individual feels a direct presence of God. Feelings...

The action of the priest Ezra in the Old Testament can be likened to that of Christ in the gospel. As Ezra reads from the Book, “All the...

The gospel is a popular story of the wedding miracle at Cana in Galilee. It shows various dimensions of relationships and emotions. It...

The story of the Blessed Mother is an integral part of the incarnation story, and we hear that story in the visit to her cousin...