Homily 2021-06-19 Saturday Week 11 in Ordinary Time – St Romuald

2 Corinthians 12:1-10; Psalm 34; Matthew 6:24-34

Homily 2021-02-06 Saturday Week 4 in Ordinary Time – St Paul Miki and Companion Martyrs

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34

Reflection 2021-02-03 Wednesday Week 4 in Ordinary Time - St Blaise

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23 Mark 6:30-34

Reflection 2020-11-18 Wednesday 33rd Week in Ordinary Time – Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul

Revelation 4:1-11; Psalm 150; Luke 19:11-28

Reflection 2020-11-01 All Saints Day

Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24; 1 john 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12

Reflections 2020-07-10 Friday 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Hosea 14:1-9; Psalm 51; Matthew 10:16-23

Reflection 2020-04-14 Tuesday of the Octave of Easter

Acts 2:36-41; Psalm 33; John 20:11-18

Reflection: 2020-04-02 Thursday 5th Week of Lent

Genesis 17:3-9; Psalm 105; John 8:51-59

Reflection: 2020-03-27 Friday 4th Week of Lent

Wisdom 2:1, 12-22; Psalm 34; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Fighting the Antichrists

Little sons, it is the last hour. And, as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have arrived. By this, we know that it is the last hour. They went out from among us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, certainly they would have remained with us. But in this way, it is made manifest that none of them are of us. Yet you have the anointing of the Holy One, and you know everything. I have not written to you as to ones who are ignorant of the truth, but as to ones who know the truth. For no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar, other than he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the Antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
1 John 2:18-22

The Universal Call to Holiness

Religious communities  dedicate themselves to living the evangelical counsels of poverty, obedience and chastity in a community that practices these counsels in their unique way. They are neither lay nor clergy, although some religious communities have ordained ministers (clergy) living in these communities.

Everyone's Vocation: Holiness

Fathers and mothers of families, those who are godparents through Baptism, and in particular those members of the laity who collaborate with the ecclesiastical hierarchy in spreading the Kingdom of the Divine Redeemer occupy an honorable, if often a lowly, place in the Christian community, and even they under the impulse of God and with His help, can reach the heights of supreme holiness, which, Jesus Christ has promised, will never be wanting to the Church.Mystical Body of Christ (Pope Pius XII)

God's Covenant Love: Unfailing and Irrevocable

God's covenant love is seen in everything he has done and continues to do in our life. He calls us to a life in him. He forgives us and continues to reveal himself as he leads us to know him. He does this through the joys in life as well as in sufferings. There is always a purpose for suffering. It can be purgative or redemptive.

Jesus is the Kingdom of God

Then, after John was handed over, Jesus went into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying: “For the time has been fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
Mark 1:14-15

Submission: The Way to Holiness

Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized that they were naked
Genesis 3:7