Tag: Faith
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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…
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Homily for the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
08.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Mary kept everything in her heart Isaiah 61:9-11, 1Samuel 2: 1,4-8, Luke 2:41-51 We celebrate today the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary signifies, first of all, the great purity and love of the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary for…
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Homily for Monday, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
03.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL God´s gifts demand responsibility and accountability 2Peter 1:2-7, Psalm 91, Mark 12:1-12 We begin another day. We begin another week. We give thanks for all his blessings. We give God the glory for all the good things we have received both tangible and intangible. Today´s readings remind…
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Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Year B
02.06.2024 – St Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL This is my body given for your freedom, take all and eat till the day of my return Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 115, Hebrews 9:11-15, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, (Corpus et Sanguinis Christi). It is a very…
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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…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 