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 Homily Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Readings: Acts 16:22–34 and John 16:5–11 Good day to you. May the peace of Christ meet you there. Introduction A man once complained to his friend: “Every time I sing in the shower, my wife says it sounds like a cat fighting with a vacuum cleaner.” His friend replied, “At least she knows it’s singing. My family switches off the electricity when I start.” Sometimes life feels exactly like that. You are trying your best, praying, hoping, surviving — and still everything seems to go wrong. Yet today’s readings remind us that God often works most powerfully in the darkest places: in prisons, in pain, in confusion, and even in tears. The Word In the first reading from Acts of the Apostles , Paul and Silas are unfairly beaten, stripped, and thrown into prison. Their feet are fastened in stocks. Humanly speaking, they had every reason to complain, curse, or lose hope. But what do they do? They pray. They sing hymns to God. Imagin...
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  Homily  Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter Readings: Acts 16:11–15 and John 15:26 – 16:4a My dear friend in Christ, Grace and peace to you today. The Word of God is always personal. Jesus speaks to crowds, yes, but He also speaks to hearts — one person at a time. Today, He is speaking to you. Introduction Life has a funny way of surprising us. Sometimes the people we expect to help us disappear, while unexpected people become instruments of grace. In the first reading, Paul arrives in Philippi with no grand cathedral, no large audience, no microphone. He simply meets a group of women gathered in prayer by the river. Among them is Lydia, whose heart the Lord opens. That small encounter changes history because Lydia becomes one of the first Christian converts in Europe. God often begins great things quietly. In the Gospel, Jesus prepares His disciples for difficult times. He warns them that following Him will not always be easy. Yet He promises the Holy Spirit — the A...
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  Homily – Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Introduction Today, it is just you and the Lord. No crowd, no noise—just your heart and His Word. And perhaps that is exactly how God wants to speak to you: personally, gently, directly. The readings today are not abstract; they are very real, very human. They speak about pain, perseverance, and peace. A Life Story A man once said, “I tried to follow God’s will, but Google Maps kept saying: ‘Recalculating… recalculating…’ !” Sometimes that is how life feels. You think you’re on the right path, then suddenly—bam!—something goes wrong. You get “stoned” by life’s problems: rejection, failure, misunderstanding. And you wonder, “Lord, did I take a wrong turn?” The Word In Acts 14:19–28 , Paul is literally stoned and left for dead. Imagine that. He is doing God’s work, preaching the Gospel—and instead of applause, he gets rocks thrown at him. Yet, what does he do? He gets up. He goes back. And he continues encouraging the disciples, s...
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  Peace Be With You The doors were locked— not just wood and iron, but hearts barricaded with fear, dreams sealed behind disappointment, breaths heavy with what if and what now . And still— He came. Not knocking, not forcing, just appearing in the middle of their trembling— “Peace be with you.” Peace, not as the world gives, not as empty words tossed into storms, but peace that stands inside the storm and refuses to move. Thomas was not alone. There are many Thomases today— counting coins that never add up, stretching hope thinner than bread, staring at ceilings at night, asking God questions that echo back unanswered. “Unless I see… unless I touch… unless something changes…” There are those who doubt God, and those who doubt themselves even more— the ones who whisper, “I am not enough,” “I have failed,” “I will never be okay.” There are prayers that rise like incense but seem to fall back like ash. Tears that baptise pillows with no visible ...
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  Basin and Towel (John 13) Tonight water will remember what hands have forgotten. Basins will shine, linen folded like reverence, knees will bend— but only so far. Feet will arrive already clean, perfumed with Sunday respectability, soft from carpets that have never known dust. The chosen will sit in a row, good members, good names, their dignity never questioned. And somewhere beyond the church doors, dust keeps speaking— in cracked heels, in blistered journeys, in lives that smell of survival. Who is not invited to this washing? The one whose story embarrasses us. The one whose clothes speak too loudly of poverty. The one whose choices we whisper about. The one who does not fit our neat liturgies of belonging. Yet He knelt anyway. No debate about worthiness. No committee for inclusion. No doctrine to filter mercy. Just a basin, a towel, and love that refused hierarchy. He touched betrayal as gently as devotion. The same hands that formed the...
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  Homily/food for thought  Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Readings: Ezekiel 47:1–9, 12; Psalm 46; John 5:1–16 Introduction Good day, my friend. Wherever you are watching from—perhaps in your kitchen, your office, or even lying in bed with your phone—this message is for you. Yes, you. Let me begin with a little story. A man once told his doctor, “Doctor, every morning when I wake up, I feel pain everywhere. If I touch my head, it hurts. If I touch my leg, it hurts. If I touch my stomach, it hurts.” The doctor examined him carefully and finally said, “My friend, the problem is not your whole body… the problem is your finger is broken!” Sometimes we think our whole life is the problem—everything is wrong, everything is stuck, everything is painful. But often the real issue is something smaller: discouragement, fear, loss of hope, or simply waiting too long for things to change. Today’s Gospel speaks directly to that feeling. The Word In the Gospel, Jesus meets a ma...
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  Homily - Reflection - Food for thought Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent First Reading: Isaiah 65:17–21 Gospel: John 4:43–54 Introduction My friend, today the Word of God invites us to believe in new beginnings . Life sometimes feels heavy. We look at the news, our families, our communities, and sometimes it seems as if nothing is changing. But God speaks a powerful promise through the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.” God is a God of renewal . Even when things seem broken, God is quietly preparing something new. Life Story A little boy once planted a seed in the garden. Every ten minutes he ran back to check if the plant had grown. After a few hours he complained to his father: “This seed is not working!” The father laughed and said: “My son, plants do not grow faster because you keep checking them.” Sometimes we are like that with God. We pray today and expect the miracle tomorrow morning . But God's work often grows quietly and ...
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