Please press here to listen to the homily or download Fourth Sunday – Year B – Advent Readings: 2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Rom 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38. Reading 1 (2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16): When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Third Sunday – Year B – Advent Readings: Isa 61:1-2, 10-11; I Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28. 1/ First Reading: RSV Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – Second Week – Advent Readings: Isa 35:1-10; Lk 5:17-26. Reading 1 (Isa 35:1-10): The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Second Sunday – Year B – Advent Readings: Isa 40:1-5, 9-11; II Pet 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8. 1/ First Reading: RSV Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download First Sunday – Year B – Advent Readings: Isa 63:16b-17, 19b, 64:2-7; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37. Reading 1 (Isa 63:16b-17, 19b, 64:2-7): You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – Thirty-fourth week – OT1 Readings: Dan 1:1-6, 8-20; Lk 21:1-4. 1/ First Reading: RSV Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thirty-fourth Sunday – Christ the King – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Eze 34:11-12, 15-17; 1 Cor 15:20-26,28; Mt 25:31-46. Reading 1 (Eze 34:11-12, 15-17): Thus says the Lord GOD:I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flockwhen he … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thirty-third Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; I Thes 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30. 1/ First Reading: RSV Proverbs 31:10 A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thirty-second Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Wis 6:12-16; 1 Thes 4:13-18; Lk 16:9-15. Reading 1: Wis 6:12-16: Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – Thirty-first Week – OT1 Readings: Rom 11:29-36; Lk 14:12-14. Reading 1: Rom 11:29-36: Brothers and sisters: The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have … Read more