Please press here to listen to the homily or download Seventeenth Sunday – Year C – Ordinary Time Readings: Gen 18:20-32; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13. 1/ Reading I: RSV Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down … Read more
The Holy Martyrs of Viet-Nam Readings: II Mac 7:1, 20-23, 27b-29; Rom 8:31b-39; Lk 9:23-26. 1/ First Reading: RSV 2 Maccabees 7:1 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 20 The mother … Read more
Reading 1 Brothers and sisters:Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angelic tonguesbut do not have love,I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.And if I have the gift of prophecyand comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;if I … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Saturday – Eighteenth Week – OT2 Readings: Hab 1:12-2:4; Mt 17:14-20. 1/ First Reading: NAB Habakkuk 1:12 Are you not from eternity, O LORD, my holy God, immortal? O LORD you have marked him for judgment, O Rock, you have readied him for punishment! … Read more
Reading 1: Zec 2:14-17Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day,and they shall be his people,and he will dwell among you,and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.The LORD will possess … Read more
Please press the hightlighted to listen to the homily or download Seventh Sunday – Ascension A – Easter Readings: Acts 1:12-14; 1 Pet 4:13-16; Jn 17:1-11a. 1/ Reading I: RSV Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away; 13 and when … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Eighth Sunday – Year A – Ordinary Time Readings: Isa 49:14-15; 1 Cor 4:1-5; Mt 6:24-34. 1/ Reading I: RSV Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me.” 15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that … Read more
The Chair of Saint Peter – February 22nd Readings: 1 Pet 5:1-4; Mt 16:13-19. 1/ Reading I: RSV 1 Peter 5:1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed. … Read more
Wednesday – Fourth Week – OT2 (2) Readings: Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Mk 6:1-6. 1/ Reading I: NAB Hebrews 12:4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. 5 You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons: “My son, do not disdain the discipline … Read more
Please press here to listen to the homily or download Thursday – Thirtieth Week – OT2 Readings: Eph 6:10-20; Lk 13:31-35. 1/ First Reading: NAB Ephesians 6:10 Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. 11 Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm … Read more