by Fr. Simham | Jan 30, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) He thought with authority One of the popular names of Jesus in the Bible is ‘Rabbi’ which means “teacher”. And one of the main missions of Jesus in his public ministry was to proclaim the kingdom of God or the Good news. He...
by Fr. Simham | Jan 23, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Lesson from Jonah Today I want to concentrate purely on the first reading. It is taken from the book of Jonah. Jonah is an interesting character in the Bible. He is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Bible. And in fact he is the only...
by Fr. Simham | Jan 15, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) What do you want? Where do you live? John 1:35-42 What we read today as our gospel is a wonderful story. If we look at it at the peripheral level it is a wonderful drama. There is John baptizing at river Jordan. A great crowd...
by Fr. Simham | Jan 9, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
Baptism of the Lord (Fr. Simham) Today we celebrate the solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord. We remember how Jesus came to the waters of Jordan to be baptized by John. On this solemnity of baptism of the Lord, the question people often ask is, ‘why was Jesus...
by Fr. Simham | Jan 13, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
Epiphany of the Lord (Fr. Simham) On this feast of Epiphany the wise men or the magi have so much to teach the modern world and us Christians. First, Wise men in the gospel seek the Messiah, the king. They were from the far-east, may be it has taken two years to...
