Category: Biblical Hermeneutics, Biblical Studies, Catholic Theology
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Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
God listens to the humble of heart Sirach 35:12-14.16-19; Psalm 32; 2da: 2Timothy 4: 6-8.16-19; Luke 18: 9-14 Dear friends in Christ, on this 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the readings remind us that God listens not to the proud but to the humble. They invite us to look within, to live with honesty, humility,…
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Homily for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Perseverance in Prayer Ex 17:8-13; Ps 120; 2 Tim 3:14-4:2; Lk 18:1-8 Like Moses, who raised his arm in unceasing prayer of intercession to God for his people, Christ’s arms are constantly open in prayer on the cross in intercession for us, the members of his new covenant. Today, the Church calls us to join…
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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 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 the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Year B
02.06.2024 – St Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL This is my body given for your freedom, take all and eat till the day of my return Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 115, Hebrews 9:11-15, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, (Corpus et Sanguinis Christi). It is a very…
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Homily for Saturday, 8th Week in Ordinary Time
01.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Persevere in the faith: living and teaching Epistle of Jude, verses 17; 20-25, Psalm 63, Mark 11:27-33 Today, in the first reading, we read from an almost forgotten book of the Bible: The letter of Jude. It is the second to the last book of the New…
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Homily for Wednesday, 8th Week in Ordinary Time
29.05.2024 – St Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Self-giving and discipleship 1Peter 1:18-25, Psalm 147, Mark 10:32-45 In Mark´s gospel, Jesus predicts his passion and death three times, and each time, at least one of the disciples just doesn’t get it. (cf. Mk 8:27-33, 9:30-34 and 10:32-34). Today´s gospel reading is located in the context…
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Celebrando San Marcos
Queridos hermanos: Tened sentimientos de humildad unos con otros, porque Dios resiste a los soberbios, pero da su gracia a los humildes. Inclinaos, pues, bajo la mano poderosa de Dios, para que, a su tiempo, os ensalce. Descargad en él todo vuestro agobio, que él se interesa por vosotros. Sed sobrios, estad alerta, que vuestro…
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Homilía del Tercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario (Domingo de la Palabra de Dios)
21.01.2024 – Iznatoraf – Villanueva del Arzobispo Convertíos y creed el evangelio Jonás 3,1-5.10, Salmo 24, 1Corintios 7,25-31, Marcos 1,14-20 Este domingo, tercer domingo del tiempo ordinario, fue declarado hace unos cinco años por el Papa Francisco Domingo de la Palabra de Dios. Nos ofrece la oportunidad de apreciar la belleza de la palabra hablada…
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Dei Verbum 12 and Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (PBC 1993) III: comparisons
Introduction The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum, DV) and The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (PBC 1993) are two documents that have many things in common as well as some noticeable differences. It must be noted clearly from the onset that PBC 1993 is an expansion of Dei Verbum 12. An…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 