Category: Faith
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Homily for Saturday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
22.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL What to care about – Trusting Beyond Worry 2Chronicles 24:17-25, Psalm 89, Matthew 6:24-34 In the Gospels, Jesus tells us to prioritize our relationship with God over our concerns and not to be overly focused on material possessions. In a world where many people are obsessed with…
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Homily for Wednesday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
19.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL True piety and devotion to God 2Kings 2:1, 6-14, Psalm 31, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Today we read a very interesting story. The transmission of power from Elijah to his disciple Elisha. The beauty of this story is the continuation of Elijah’s work in the ministry he passed…
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Homily for Tuesday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
18.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Love Without Boundaries 1Kings 21:17-29, Psalm 51, Matthew 5:43-48 Yesterday we read about how Ahab and Jezebel grossly abused their royal power, committing a heinous crime against the poor Naboth, not just killing him but also dispossessing him of his land. This act of wickedness and inhumanity…
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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…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 