Homilies/Reflections

Homilies/Reflections

Solemnity of St Joseph, Husband of Mary
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Tue, 19 Mar 2024
2 Sam. 7:4-5.12-14.16, Rom. 4:13.16-18.22, Mt. 1:16.18-21.24. Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of St Joseph, husband of Mary because of his service to Jesus and Mary during their family li

You Know what is hidden and are Aware of All Things
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Mon, 18 Mar 2024
Dan. 13:1-9.15-17.19-30.33-62, Jn 8:1-11. Today’s first reading presents us with the story of Susanna, a Jewess who was in exile in Babylon, with her husband who was a respected man in the Je

Dying to live required Sacrificial Obedience
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sun, 17 Mar 2024
Jer. 31:31-34, Heb. 5:7-9, Jn 12:20-33. On this Fifth Sunday of Lent Year B, the Church challenges us to remain steadfast and not give up at this critical time, persevere to the end and our victory

Like a trusting Lamb led to the slaughter
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sat, 16 Mar 2024
Jer. 11:18-20, Jn 7:40-53. Today’s first reading presents us with the lamentation of the prophet Jeremiah about people who plotted against him. Yet, “like a trusting lamb led to the sla

The Lord is near to the Broken Hearted
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Wisd. 2:1.12-22, Jn 7:1-2.10.25-30. As a response to the ideal of the Psalmist we repeated this mantra: “The Lord is near to broken hearts.” Broken hearts are painful and lonely, but th

The Testimony of God and my work speak about Me
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Thu, 14 Mar 2024
 Ex. 32:7-14, Jn 5:31-47. Today’s first reading describes how God points out to Moses how stiff-necked his people were, how unwilling to be led. In fact the Lord wanted to give them up a

My Aim is not to do My Own Will
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Wed, 13 Mar 2024
 Ish 49:8-15, Jn 5:17-30. Today’s Gospel helps us to understand that Jesus whole life was shaped by the will of His Father: “My aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him wh

The Past will no more be remembered
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Mon, 11 Mar 2024
 Ish 65:17-21, Jn 4:43-54. The promise of a better life takes central stage in today’s first reading. Isaiah speaks God’s word announcing a whole new life, a re-created life, a lif

God so loves the world
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sun, 10 Mar 2024
 2 Chron. 36:14-16.19-23, Eph. 2:4-10, Jn 3:14-21. On this Fourth Sunday of Lent also known as Lætare Sunday Year B, the Church invites us to rejoice and be hopeful in the midst of our L

10  You are not far from the Kingdom
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Fri, 08 Mar 2024
Hos. 14:2-10, Mk 12:28-34. In today’s first reading, the prophet Hosea invites us to move beyond the conversion from sin, to returning to the Lord. Once we do that, God will give us new life,

11  It is by the Finger of God that I cast out demons
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Thu, 07 Mar 2024
Jer. 7:23-28, Lk. 11:14-23. Compassion, forgiveness, prayer, understanding, loyalty, loving affection are the basic virtues that makes the difference. In today’s first reading, the prophet Je

12  Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Wed, 06 Mar 2024
Deut. 4:1.5-9, Mt. 5:17-19. Today’s first reading reminds us that our God is closer than any pagan god to its devotees and is to be loved with all our heart. The Lord is to be dearer to us th

13  With a humble and contrite heart may we be acceptable to God
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Tue, 05 Mar 2024
Dan. 3:25.34-43, Mt. 18:21-35. Today’s first reading describes the prayer of Azariah, one of the Jewish young men thrown into the fiery furnace because he followed the teachings of his Jewish

14  Do here in your hometown the things we heard you did in Capernaum
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Mon, 04 Mar 2024
 2 Kgs 5:1-15, Lk. 4:24-30. Today’s first reading presents us with the story of Naaman the Aramean/Syrian who was healed of leprosy. As he arrived, the king of Israel lacked the trust th

15  Believers will worship God in Truth and in Spirit
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sun, 03 Mar 2024
Ex. 20:1-17, 1 Cor. 1:22-25, Jn 2:13-25. On this Third Sunday of Lent Year B, the Church invites us to make our heart a Temple of God, a place where all people could feel at home in God’s pre

16  I will arise and return to my Father
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sat, 02 Mar 2024
 Micah 7:14-15.18-20, Lk. 15:1-3.11-32. Today’s first reading confirms the merciful and forgiving nature of God. Not only is God willing to forgive, but once God has forgiven, He restore

17  The stone which the builder rejected has become the keystone
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Fri, 01 Mar 2024
Gen. 37:3-4.12-13.17-28.21:33-43.45-46. There is an overriding motif expressed by Joseph in today’s first reading story of Jacob’s sons: “Even though you meant harm to me, God mea

18  Let us enter the world of the needy
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Thu, 29 Feb 2024
Jer. 17:5-10, Lk. 16:19-31. Today’s first reading describes Jeremiah’s expression of trust in God without whom we will end up producing nothing worthwhile. If our trust is in God, we wi

19  The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Wed, 28 Feb 2024
Jer. 18:18-20, Mt. 20:17-28. Today’s first reading reports the difficulty of those who remain faithful to God. Jeremiah was persecuted and faced great tribulations that he almost lost his lif

20  Come let us set things right before God
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Ish 1:10.16-20, Mt. 23:1-12. In today’s first reading, God offers us the possibility of total conversion, directing our lives toward God, for Him to forgive us our sins as we set things right

21  Grant pardon and you will be pardoned
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Dan. 9:4-10, Lk. 6:36-38. In today’s first reading, Daniel’s prayer demonstrates our dependence on God’s mercy. The prayer begins with acknowledgement of communal transgressions a

22  Be Perfect as your Heavenly Father is Perfect
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sun, 25 Feb 2024
Deut. 26:16-19, Mt. 5:43-48. In today’s first reading, Moses enjoins the chosen people to stay true to the laws which He revealed to them. Those laws were meant to teach them how they should

23  I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Fri, 23 Feb 2024
Ezk. 18.21-28, Mt. 5:20-26. In today’s first reading, the prophet Ezekiel reminds us that we will have to live eternally by the final choice we make. Ezekiel’s understanding of God&rsqu

24  Feast of the Seat of St Peter
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Thu, 22 Feb 2024
 1 Pet. 5:1-4, Mt. 16:13-29. As we celebrate the feast of the chair of St Peter, we reflect on the authority and responsibility of the earthly head of the Church. In today’s first readin

25  A humble and contrite heart create for me O Lord
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Jonah 3:1-10, Lk. 11:29-32. The author of today’s first reading story is deeply frustrated at Israel’s hardness of heart. Thus, Jonah reveals a sense of unsuspected kindness of stranger

26  The word of God is active and alive
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Tue, 20 Feb 2024
Ish 55:10-11, Mt. 6:7-15. Today’s first reading describes the viability of the word of God. When God speaks, things happen. Thus, at creation God spoke and the world was created. To the Hebre

27  Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers you did to me
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Mon, 19 Feb 2024
Lev. 19:1-2.11-18, Mt. 25:31-46. We need to examine our conscience on some basic social issues, to know that the way we treat others reflects our relationship with God. The whole moral landscape of

28  Jesus will deliver you from the tempter
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sun, 18 Feb 2024
Gen. 9:8-15, Mk 1:12-15: On this First Sunday of Lent Year B, the Church invites us to create time and space to nurture our spiritual lives. Just as the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert and r

29  God will make your bones strong
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Sat, 17 Feb 2024
Ish 58:9-14, Lk. 5:27-32. Today’s first reading presents us with a series of powerful metaphors, to reinforce trust in a caring God: “He will make your bones strong; you shall be like a

30  The Fasting prescribed for us is to find time to feed the hungry and clothe the naked
By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK       Fri, 16 Feb 2024
Ish 58:1-9, Mt. 9:14-15. A limited idea of “fasting” makes us links it to the absence of food alone. Though, to fast is to abstain from certain foods for a period of time, but in today&

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