Category: Scripture Reflection
Homilies of the day is presented here
III SUNDAY OF THE YEAR: 21 January 2024
U-TURN TO GODJonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 Wabush, a town in remote Canada, was completely isolated for some time. Then workers cut a road through the wilderness to reach it; Wabush had only one road leading into it, and thus, only one road leading out. If someone were to travel to Wabush, there is only one way he/she could leave: by turning around. There comes a moment in our lives when we realise we are in a town called “sin”. As in Wabush, there is only one way out. We must turn around or “repent”. This is
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Speak to JESUS TODAY
Speak to JESUS TODAY
Speak to JESUS TODAY
II SUNDAY OF THE YEAR: 14 January 2024
HEEDING GOD’S CALL1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 One evening a professor was sorting mail. A magazine—delivered to him by mistake—fell open to an article titled: “The Needs of the Congo Mission.” He began reading it. These words gripped him: “The need is great here. We have no one to work in the northern province of Gabon in the Congo. It is my prayer that God will lay his hand on one—on whom the master’s eyes already rest—and that he or she will answer the call to help us.” The professor closed the magazine and wrote
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THE HOLY FAMILY: 31 December 2023
FOREVER FAITHFULGenesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3; Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Luke 2:22-40 Timothy Stackpole was a New York fire fighter. In June 1998‚ he was severely injured in a fire. He had fourth/ fifth degree burns over 40% of his body, which needed multiple surgeries and months of painful rehabilitation. He had two goals: to spend as much time as he could with his family and to return to his job. Despite the advice of friends and family, and the fact that he could retire comfortably, he returned to work on 10 March 2001.On 9/11, Stackpole had just finished duty when he
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III SUNDAY OF ADVENT: 17 December 2023
REJOICE IN THE LORDIsaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 A king instructed his gardener to plant trees to represent different virtues. The gardener planted a palm to symbolise joy.When the king saw the palm, he said: “I thought you would typify joy with a flowering plant like the tulip. How can the palm symbolize joy?”The gardener replied: “Flowering trees get their nourishment from open sources in orchards or forests. I found this palm in a desert; its roots had found some hidden spring far beneath the burning surface. Highest joy has a foundation people cannot see and
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