Category: Faith
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Homily for Pentecost Sunday
The Holy Spirit: The Source of our best impulses Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 103; 1Cor 12, 3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 Like we all know, Pentecost celebrates the dramatic fulfillment of the promise of Jesus: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit – the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. At the Last Supper, he promised…
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Homilía – Solemnidad de la Ascensión del Señor
Sed mis testigos Hechos 1,1-11; Ef 1,17-23; Mt 28,16-20 Hoy, unos 40 días después del Domingo de Pascua, cuando celebramos la resurrección de Cristo, la Iglesia celebra su ascensión al cielo y espera con ilusión la fiesta de Pentecostés. Hoy celebramos la exaltación de Jesús al final de su existencia terrenal como preludio del don…
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Homilía – Domingo de Pascua de la Resurrección
Un misterio sin palabras Hechos 10:34, 37-43, Salmo 118, Colosenses 3:1-4, Juan 20:1-9 María Magdalena encuentra la tumba vacía y corre a los apóstoles para contarles su sorprendente noticia. La narración del evangelio de Juan es el único relato en el que los apóstoles participan directamente en la constatación de que el sepulcro estaba vacío,…
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Homily for Palm Sunday, Year A
Finding Ourselves in the Passion Is 50: 4-7; Psalm 22; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 Today we begin the Most Holy Week. Palm Sunday ushers us into one of the most dramatic moments of the Christian year. We begin with celebration—palm branches waving, voices raised in hope—yet the liturgy quickly turns toward the stark narrative of Christ’s…
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Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A
I am the resurrection and the life Ezekiel 37:12-14, Psalm 129, Romans 8:8-11, John 11:1-45 We celebrate today the fifth Sunday of Lent, the last Sunday before the Holy Week, the most important week in Christendom, the week we celebrate the great mysteries of our faith: the passion, death and resurrection of Christ our savior.…
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A
Heal our blindness, Lord 1Sam 16:1. 6-13; Psalm 22; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 As an old and experienced judge who had studied how the first king (Saul) had failed, Samuel had his own ideas about whom God would choose. But God chose the most unlikely candidate, namely, David, the shepherd boy, the youngest son of Jesse. The…
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Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A
Christ, the Source of Living Water Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 94; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 To understand today’s readings and symbolism, we must first understand the liturgical meaning of these coming Sundays of Lent, that is, the 3rd, 4th and 5th. In the Early Church, the Church used the Lenten period to prepare the catechumens…
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Homily for the First Sunday of Lent, Year A
Our temptations Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7, Psalm 50, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Every year on the First Sunday of Lent, the Church leads us into the desert with Jesus. Not to frighten us. Not to overwhelm us. But to show us something essential: The temptations Jesus faced are the same temptations we face. And the way…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 