Sunday Homilies

There was a story of a man who was devout and godly. After he attended the Mass, he found a wallet containing cash. He went to the parish priest and asked some advises on what to do with the money. The priest advised and said to him: “Give it to the owner himself.”So...

Find out who is Lazarus at the gateThe first question that comes to my mind after reading this gospel and even the first reading is “Is it a sin to be rich? Why Prophet Amos and Jesus are so much against the rich?”  Look at the way the rich are condemned? It looks for...

There is pretty consistent theme in the writings of the spiritual tradition. It can basically be boiled down to this simple phrase: two ways. To explain what I mean, think back to Moses for a moment. When he was soon to die, he told the Israelites that they could...

Yesterday I popped into my friend priest’s office just before lunch to call him for lunch and I saw him busy at his desk; computer on, eight books kept open around the desk and he scratching his head. I know what it is all about. I asked him  are you preparing your...

 “This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners.” Do you believe that? No, do you really believe that? That Christ Jesus came to save sinners? Your answer to this question will reveal a lot about your heart,...

In the gospel today we read three classic parables taken from the gospel of Luke. Jesus uses these three parables to reveal to us about the nature of God and our own nature as human beings.In the gospel we come across a God who is crazy if that is the word I can use...

I heard it said once that to know what we love, we can examine two things: our daily schedule and our bank statements. By doing this, we see how we invest two of the most important things we can “spend” in this world: time and money. In a roundabout way, this shows...

Let me begin by telling you a little story I read somewhere. It’s about a little girl who came home sad after the school and complained to her mother about what happened in the school.‘Mum’ she said ‘you’ll never guess what happened during Religious Education today....

Lion becomes the lambI want you to imagine something. Suppose you are invited to a wedding party. There you see people running here and there, making every effort to find the best seats or places of honour. And someone runs up to you and literally grabs the chair from...

Today's reading call us to consider the topic of humility. Humility is a virtue we all struggle to obtain. Its opposite, pride, is the fundamental flaw of all human beings. Consider the beginning of Genesis and the story of the first sin. There is a far deeper element...