Tag: Love
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A
What’s in a name? Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalm 23: 1-6, Romans 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-24 The First reading presents us with the lack of faith and skepticisim. In fact, King Ahaz could be honoured as the patron of skeptics. He simply would not rely on God to help him through the greatest crisis in his life. In…
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Homily for Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
St. Edward Basilica, Palm Beach – November 25, 2025 Give glory and eternal praise to him Daniel 2:31-45, Daniel 3:57-61 (Psalm), Luke 21:5-11 In the first reading Daniel sees a vision of the destruction of four powerful kingdoms. In the Gospel, Jesus talks about the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. Friends in Christ, as we…
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Homilía – Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia (Octava de la Navidad)
29.12.2024 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf (Jaén) El ejemplo de la Sagrada Familia Sirac 3: 2-6, 12-14, Salmo 127: 1-5, Colosenses 3: 12-21, Lucas 2,41-52 No es casualidad que el primer domingo después de Navidad se celebre la Fiesta de la Sagrada Familia. La verdad es que la Navidad es una fiesta familiar. Este…
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Homily for Tuesday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
18.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Love Without Boundaries 1Kings 21:17-29, Psalm 51, Matthew 5:43-48 Yesterday we read about how Ahab and Jezebel grossly abused their royal power, committing a heinous crime against the poor Naboth, not just killing him but also dispossessing him of his land. This act of wickedness and inhumanity…
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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 Thursday, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
06.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Love is what we are here for 2Timothy 2:8-15, Psalm 25, Mark 12:28-34 Sometimes, we may be tempted to ask ourselves why there is so much hate in a world that love is preached every day, in every corner, every nook and cranny. Why is there so…
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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 core Christian Faith and Model of Community Deut 4, 32-34.39-40, Psalm 32, Rom 8: 14-17, Matt 28:16-20 Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. In the Church we begin every celebration in the name of the Father, and of the Son…
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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 Wednesday, 2nd Week of Easter
19.04.2023 – Villanueva del Arzobispo For God so loved the world … love conquers all jealousy Acts 5:17-26, Psalm 33: 2-9, John 3:16-21 In the first reading we just listened to, we read that the decision to arrest the apostles and put them in prison by the high priest and the Sadducees was out of…
Fr. Valentine Umoh 