Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Mt 7:21-29. 1/ First Reading: NAB 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist – June 24th Readings: Isa 49:1-6, Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80. 1/ First Reading: NAB Isaiah 49:1 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Mt 7:6, 12-14 Reading 1 (2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36): Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Do not … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – Twelfth Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Mt 7:1-5 Reading 1 (2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18): Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, king … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Twelfth Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Jer 20:10-13; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33. 1/ Reading I: RSV Jeremiah 20:10 For I hear many whisperings. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Eleventh Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Chr 24:17-25; Mt 6:24-34 Reading 1 (2 Chr 24:17-25): After the death of Jehoiada,the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash,and the king then listened to them.They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Friday – Eleventh Week – OT2 Readings: 2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20; Mt 6:19-23 Reading 1 (2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20):When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah,saw that her son was dead,she began to kill off the whole royal family.But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Eleventh Week – OT2 Readings: Sir 48:1-15; Mt 6:7-15. 1/ First Reading: NAB Sirach 48:1 Till like a fire there appeared the prophet whose words were as a flaming furnace. 2 Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced them … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Wednesday – Eleventh Week – OT2 Readings: 1 Kgs 2:1, 6-14; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18. Reading 1 (1 Kgs 2:1, 6-14): he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here;the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.”“As the LORD lives, … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Tuesday – Eleventh Week – OT2 Readings: 1 Kgs 21:17-29; Mt 5:43-48 Reading 1 (1 Kgs 21:17-29): After the death of Naboth the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite:“Start down to meet Ahab, king of Israel,who rules in Samaria.He will be in the vineyard of Naboth,of … Read more