Please press here to listen to the homily or download Monday – First Week – OT2 Readings: I Sam 1:1-8; Mk 1:14-20. 1/ Reading I: RSV 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son … Read more
Reading 1 Beloved:What was from the beginning,what we have heard,what we have seen with our eyes,what we looked uponand touched with our handsconcerns the Word of lifeBfor the life was made visible;we have seen it and testify to itand proclaim to you the eternal lifethat was with the Father and was made visible to usBwhat … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Thirty-third week – OT1 Readings: Reading 1: As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces,he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais,famous for its wealth in silver and gold,and that its temple was very rich,containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weaponsleft … Read more
Wednesday – Thirty-third Week – OT1 Reading 1: It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law. Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother,who saw her seven sons perish in … Read more
Monday – Thirty-third Week – OT1 Reading 1: [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers]There sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes,son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome.He became king in the year one hundred and thirty seven of the kingdom of the Greeks. In those days there appeared in Israelmen who were breakers … Read more
Thirty-third Sunday – Year B – Ordinary Time Reading 1: (1 Kgs 17:10-16) In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath.As he arrived at the entrance of the city,a widow was gathering sticks there; he called out to her,“Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink.”She left to get it, and he … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Thirty-second week – OT1 Readings: Wis 7:22b-8:1; Lk 17:20-25. 1/ Reading I: RSV Wisdom 7:22 For in her there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, 23 beneficent, humane, … Read more
Wednesday – Twenty-eighth Week – OT1 Reading 1: You, O man, are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgment.For by the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself,since you, the judge, do the very same things.We know that the judgment of God on those who do such things is true.Do … Read more
Tuesday – Twenty-eighth Week – OT1 Reading 1: (Rom 1:16-25) Brothers and sisters:I am not ashamed of the Gospel.It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:for Jew first, and then Greek.For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith;as it is written, “The one … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Thirty-first Week – OT1 Readings: Phi 3:3-8a; Lk 15:1-10. Reading 1 (Phil 3:3-8a): Brothers and sisters:We are the circumcision,we who worship through the Spirit of God,who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh,although I myself have grounds … Read more