Tag: christianity
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Homily for Wednesday, 12th Week in Ordinary Time
26.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL What kind of fruits are you bearing? 2Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3, 36, Psalm 119, Matthew 7:15-20 The Letter to the Hebrew teaches us that the Word of the Lord is alive and active (Heb 4:12). The word of God that is proclaimed every day is like a double-edged…
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Homily for Tuesday, 12th Week in Ordinary Time
25.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Which road to take – The narrow gate and way of life 2Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36, Psalm 48, Matthew 7:6, 12-14 Life is full of choices and we are confronted with making choices almost every day. Even to wake up this morning and come for this…
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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 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 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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Homily for the Feast of Pentecost, Year B
19.05.2024 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) Lord, send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth Acts 2:1-11, Psalm 103, Galatians 5:16-25, John 14:15-16; 23-26 Today we celebrate the feast of Pentecost. It is celebrated exactly 50 days after Easter. It marks the fulfilment of the Risen and Ascended Jesus’ promise…
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Homily for Christmas – Mass during the day
25.12.2023 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) And the Word became flesh – The Incarnation Is 52: 7-10, Ps 97, Heb 1: 1-6, John 1: 1-18 Merry Christmas to you all! Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Birth of the Son of God – Christmas. The key word today is INCARNATION. This is…
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Homilía del Tercer Domingo de Adviento (Gaudete), Año B
17.12.2023 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) La alegría de dar testimonio de la Luz Isaías 61,1-2.10-11, Salmo: Lucas 1: 46-50, 53-54, 1Tes 5: 16-24, Juan 1: 6-8, 19-28 Por tradición cada Tercer Domingo de Adviento se llama el Domingo Gaudete de la palabra latina Gaudete – “Alégrate”. El espíritu del Adviento es de…
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