by Fr. Francis | Feb 29, 2020 | Sunday Homilies
Our Scripture passage for this Sunday comes from the Gospel of Matthew 4:1–11. In this reading, we hear of Jesus being led into the desert for forty days where He is tested in a variety of ways. His experience offers several points for our reflection and prayer.The...
by Fr. Francis | Feb 23, 2020 | Sunday Homilies
Called to HolinessToday’s readings explain why Christians are expected to be holy and how we are meant to become holy people. The first and second readings give us reasons why we should be holy, and the Gospel describes four methods of becoming holy people prescribed...
by Fr. Francis | Feb 23, 2020 | Sunday Homilies
God revealed His laws to His Chosen People through Moses and the prophets in the Old Testament, and through His own Son, Jesus, in the New Testament. Today He challenges us to choose freely either to observe the laws He gave to us or not. Yes they are heavy, but his...
by Fr. Simham | Feb 13, 2020 | Sunday Homilies
For the past few weeks we have been hearing the gospels from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount which is Mathew’s great composition. For Mathew, Jesus is the new Moses who came to liberate people from their bondage of sin and he is also the great law-giver. As Moses went up...
by Fr. Francis | Feb 7, 2020 | Sunday Homilies
A teacher asked a boy to define salt. The pupil hesitated. Finally he stammered, “Salt is what makes French Fries taste good when you sprinkle it on.”Food can be bland without a dash of salt, but with a saltshaker on practically every table, we tend to...
