Month: June 2024
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Homily for Monday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
17.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL What makes a Christian different from everyone else? 1Kings 21:1-16, Psalm 5, Matthew 5:38-42 In today’s first reading, the Book of Kings describes the judicial murder of the innocent Naboth as a glaring example of the misuse of royal power. Queen Jezebel’s total disregard for the human…
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Homily for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
16.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL The Small things for the Kingdom of God Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92, 2Cor. 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34 Today’s readings remind us of the value of smallness, little things and small beginnings. Smallness or littleness is not only beautiful; it is also God’s chosen way of manifesting his power…
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Homily for Saturday, 10th Week in Ordinary Time
15.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Being truthful and charitable 1Kings 19:19-22, Psalm 16, Matthew 5:27-32 Saint Thomas Aquinas once said: “People could not live with one another if there were not mutual confidence that they were being truthful to one another… (In justice) as a matter of honor, one person owes it…
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Homily for Thursday, 10th Week in Ordinary Time (Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua)
13.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL O Holy Saint Anthony – Pray for us 1Kings 18:41-46, Psalm 65, Matthew 5:20-26 Today, the Church celebrates St. Anthony of Padua, one of the great heroes of the Christian faith. St Anthony of Padua was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal to a wealthy Portuguese family.…
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Homily for Monday, 10th Week in Ordinary Time
10.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL The life of blessedness 1Kings 17:1-6, Psalm 120, Matthew 5:1-12 Yesterday we read the Gospel of Mark where Jesus declared clearly that “whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” Today, we read one of most popular passages from the Gospels: The…
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Homily for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
09.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother Genesis 3:9-15, Psalm 130, 2Corinthians 4:13-5:1, Mark 3:20-35 Today´s readings remind us of the persistent and ever evident problem of evil in our world. Evil in our world is clearly visible in the many…
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Homily for the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
08.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Mary kept everything in her heart Isaiah 61:9-11, 1Samuel 2: 1,4-8, Luke 2:41-51 We celebrate today the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary signifies, first of all, the great purity and love of the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary for…
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Homily for Thursday, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
06.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Love is what we are here for 2Timothy 2:8-15, Psalm 25, Mark 12:28-34 Sometimes, we may be tempted to ask ourselves why there is so much hate in a world that love is preached every day, in every corner, every nook and cranny. Why is there so…
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Homily for Wednesday, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
05.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Is there an afterlife? 2Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12, Psalm 123, Mark 12:18-27 The statement in today´s gospel that in the afterlife, in heaven men and women “neither marry nor are given in marriage” are not aimed to prohibit marriage but to promise that a future with God is…
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Homily for Monday, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
03.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL God´s gifts demand responsibility and accountability 2Peter 1:2-7, Psalm 91, Mark 12:1-12 We begin another day. We begin another week. We give thanks for all his blessings. We give God the glory for all the good things we have received both tangible and intangible. Today´s readings remind…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 