Tag: Faith
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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 the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, Year B
25.05.2024 – St Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL The Holy Trinity as Model of Love, Unity and Community Deut 4, 32-34.39-40, Psalm 32, Rom 8: 14-17, Matt 28:16-20 This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Faith in the Holy Trinity is the core doctrine of the Christian Faith. We believe in…
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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 the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
14.12.2024 – Iznatoraf – Villanueva del Arzobispo “Come and see” 1Samuel 3:3-10, 19, Psalm 39, 1Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20, John 1:35-42 The Lord calls each of us by name. He invites us to “Come and see.” He calls us and invites us to discover the joy of friendship and communion with the One who made us…
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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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Homily for Christmas – Midnight Mass
24.12.2023 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) Today is born our Saviour, Christ the Lord Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 95, Titus 2:11-14, Luke 2:1-14 Merry Christmas to everyone! After about four weeks of Advent preparation, we celebrate this night a Eucharistic thanksgiving to God for what he did for humanity more than two thousand years…
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Homilía del Vigésimo Séptimo Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
02.10.2022 – Mogón – Iznatoraf – Villanueva del Arzobispo Señor, aumenta nuestra fe Hab 1, 2-3. 2, 2-4; Sal: 94, 1-2. 6-9; 2 Tim 1, 6-8. 13-14; Lc 17, 5-19 Este domingo la Iglesia nos invita a reflexionar sobre una de las más importantes virtudes cristianas y teológicas – fe. Es el fundamento de nuestra…
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Homilía del Cuarto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, Año C
30.01.2022 – Mogón – Villanueva del arzobispo Si no tengo amor nada soy Jer 1, 4-5. 17-19; Sal 70; 1Co 12, 31-13, 13; Lc 2, 21-30 En este cuarto domingo del tiempo ordinario, la iglesia nos recuerda somos llamados por Dios para ser sus profetas. Mediante el bautismo como cristianos, Dios llamó cada uno de…
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Homilía del miércoles, 32ª semana del tiempo ordinario
10.11.2021 -Villacarrillo Los otros nueve, ¿Dónde están? Sabiduría 6,1-11, Salmo 81, Lucas 17,11-19 Las dos lecturas de hoy son muy instructivas y llamativos. La primera lectura del libro de la Sabiduría nos recuerda una vez más que todos los buenos dones que tenemos vienen de Dios. Por tanto, debemos ser agradecidos y alabar a Dios,…
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Rediscovering the spirituality of Ecclesia Doméstica: the lesson of the pandemic
Article published in The Fountain Magazine, 56th edition, December 2020 – 2021 – St. Joseph Major Seminary, Ikot Ekpene, NIGERIA.
Fr. Valentine Umoh 