Category: Homilies & Reflections
The Feast of Epiphany
Read More: The Feast of Epiphany6 January 2021 Christmas culminates with the Epiphany: the manifestation of God’s glory to all creation. There’s something very special about this Child, which the world has never seen before, and has wanted, desired and longed for: in Him we see God’s glory and the fullness of His truth (John 1:14). There’s no glory or…
Christmas spirituality
Read More: Christmas spirituality2nd Sunday after the Nativity, 3 January 2021 “Mary treasured all these things in her heart”.[1] Winston Churchill said we must not only rejoice in Christmas but also reflect on it: Christians reflect on the mystery of the Incarnation and everything it entails. We may not completely understand it, but we need to strive more…
The Feast of the Holy Name
Read More: The Feast of the Holy Name1 January 2021 For the world, today is a secular celebration of the new year. The Christian new year started in Advent. Today some Churches celebrate the eighth day after Jesus’ birth, when He was brought to the temple for circumcision and named according to Jewish tradition.[1] What’s in a name? A name is very…
Saint John the Evangelist
Read More: Saint John the Evangelist27 December, 2020 John was a Galilean, son of Zebedee and Salome, and a fisherman. When Jesus called him and his brother James, they abandoned their nets and their father and followed Him. It’s truly amazing: because of their determination and their heart in seeking, they left their business and even put Jesus ahead of…
The mystery of the Incarnation
Read More: The mystery of the IncarnationChristmas Day, 25 December 2020 Luke 2:19 says, “Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart”. The Blessed Virgin Mary didn’t completely comprehend what was happening, but she kept everything within herself: she weighed, meditated on and contemplated it. To ponder is to think about something carefully. Christmas is one of the…
The Annunciation
Read More: The AnnunciationAdvent 4, 20 December 2020 God is beyond the impossible, and does impossible things. Elizabeth couldn’t have a child, yet she bore John the Baptist. Everything is possible with God for those who have faith in Him. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob makes promises; this is why Abraham became the “father of faith”…
The joy of expectation
Read More: The joy of expectationAdvent 3, 13 December 2020 If eight months ago a pharmaceutical company had announced a COVID-19 vaccine, their stocks would have gone through the roof. If there were a YouTube video about the secret of happiness, it would instantly receive a million views. There’s a big difference between being happy and being joyful: Happiness comes…
Prepare the way of the Lord
Read More: Prepare the way of the Lord2nd Sunday of Advent, 6 December 2020 In the 15th century it took 6 months to travel by ship from Europe to Asia. The average distance between Earth and Mars is 225 million km, which would take approximately 162 days at the speed of 58,000 km/hour. This is beyond human comprehension. How far is heaven,…
First Sunday in Advent
Read More: First Sunday in Advent29 November 2020 With great joy and gladness, the Church enters a new season and a new liturgical year. It’s a season when God wants to do something new in our lives. A new season is like a chapter of a book: there’s an end and a beginning, and something we can look forward to. …
The Feast of Christ the King
Read More: The Feast of Christ the King22 November 2020 The feast of Christ the King points to the future; it’s a rehearsal for what is to come. It was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in response to growing secularism in the world – the “pushing out” of God from people’s lives and from nations. He said there will be…
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