by Fr. Simham | Aug 28, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) Holiness of heart Two monks, Brother Francis and an elder monk, are walking down a muddy road on a rainy day. They came upon a lovely young girl dressed in fine silk, who was afraid to cross the river because of the flood and...
by Fr. Simham | Aug 21, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) Words of Eternal Life The gospel we heard today is the climax or conclusion of the sixth chapter of St. John which is a chapter on the Eucharist. It begins with the feeding of the five thousand and ends with the long discourse...
by Fr. Simham | Aug 28, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
Assumption of Virgin Mary into Heaven (Fr. Simham) There is an old story about a workman on a scaffolding high above the nave of a cathedral who looked down and saw a woman praying before a statue of Mother Mary. As a joke, the workman whispered, “Woman, this is...
by Fr. Simham | Aug 30, 2021 | Sunday Homilies
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) I want you to observe one strange thing happening in the Gospel. Jesus is in the midst of an important discourse on the Eucharist about bread of life. How it is better than manna and how it is going to give them eternal life...
