Tag: Faith
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The God who is always with us… Homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Readings: Jer 20, 10-13; Ps 68; Rom 5, 12-15; Mt 10, 26-33 On this twelfth Sunday of ordinary time, we celebrate Christ, Our Lord, who is always with us. He continues to deliver us from all that threatens and makes life difficult. This includes persecution, sins, and death. In the first reading, God delivered the…
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Homily – The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ – Corpus et Sanguis Christi
Holy Eucharist as the unique presence of God among us… Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; Ps 147; 1Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, or ‘Corpus Christi’. The feast focuses on two aspects. Firstly, on the Holy Eucharist as the body and blood of Christ. Secondly, on the…
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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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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…
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Homily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
The choices we make Sir 15: 15-20; Psalm 118; 2Cor 2, 6-10; Matt 5:17-37 As Sirach says, each person must choose between life and death … and whichever one chooses will be given. The choices we make every day have a life or death quality. Every day we are choosing in one direction or the…
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Homily for Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Vocation to radiate the Light on others Isaiah 8: 23-9:3; Psalm 27:1, 4,13-14; 1Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23 Our readings speak about a light shining upon those in darkness. The light brings hope of better days, of the fulfillment of the Reign of GOD. The light empowers the people to do whatever GOD is asking them to do. In…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 