Showing posts with label Weekday Homilies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekday Homilies. Show all posts
17th Week, Friday, Jul 31
Jeremiah 26:1-9 / Matthew 13:54-58
Jeremiah prophesies trouble:The people threatened
Jeremiah.
When Samuel Morse explained his plans for telegraph
communication in 1842, some people ridiculed him. When Bell Telephone applied
for a patent in 1876, some communication experts dismissed the telephone idea
as a toy. When Thomas Edison outlined his plans for an incandescent light in
1878, the British Parliament laughed at the idea. Something like that happened
to Jeremiah in today's reading. He was not only ridiculed but threatened with
death for speaking out in God's name.
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17th Week: July 27- August 1 - Reflections
July 27 Monday: Mt
13:31-35: 31 Another parable he put before them, saying, “The
kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in
his field; 32 it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the
greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and
make nests in its branches.” 33 He told them another parable.
Easter 3rd Week - Weekday Reflections
Apr 27- May 2: Monday: John 6:22-29: 22 On
the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that
there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat
with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 However,
boats from Tiberias came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord
had given thanks. 24 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his
disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking
Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,
“Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say
to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill
of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food
which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on
him has God the Father set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we
do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of
God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
1st Week of Lent, Saturday - Mar 7th
Deut
26:16-19 / Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus teaches
about love: “Pray for your persecutors"
A father and his
son were traveling by bus. The father inadvertently
violated a minor safety regulation. The bus driver
went berserk. He verbally abused the
father, humiliating him in front of his little son and the rest of the
passengers. After it was all over, the boy
said to his father, “Dad, you didn't have to take
that He was out of line.”
1st Week of Lent, Friday - Mar 6th
Ezekiel
18:21-28 / Matthew 5:20-26
Jesus teaches about anger: “The angry
person is liable to judgment.”
1st Week of Lent, Thursday - Mar 5th
Esther 4:10-12,17-19 / Matthew 7:7-12
Jesus talks about prayer: "Ask and it will be given to you."
Jesus talks about prayer: "Ask and it will be given to you."
March 2-7: Reflections
March 2 Monday: Matthew 25: 31-46: “When
the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will
sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and
he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from
the goats, 33 and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at
the left. 34 Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you
gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you
clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
37 Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and
feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38 And when did we see thee a
stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39 And when did we see
thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ 40 And the King will answer them,
`Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren,
you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from
me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42
for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no
drink, 43 …46 USCCB video reflections: http://www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/index.cfm
Lent 1st Week - Wednesday
1st Week of Lent, Wednesday, Mar 4
Jonah 3:1-10 / Luke 11:29-32
People
asked Jesus for a sign
“No sign will be given."
The
sign of Jonah was the radical conversion of the Ninevites as a
result of Jonah’s preaching. The Ninevites underwent a radical conversion
because they heard God's voice in Jonah's. The reason they converted was that
their ears and hearts were open to what Jonah had to say. The Jews
weren't converted when they heard Jesus preach because they didn't recognize
God's voice in his. And the reason they didn't do this was that their ears and
hearts were closed to what Jesus had to say. If the Jews had opened their
hearts to Jesus’ preaching, they too would have seen the "sign of Jonah,”
a radical conversion of themselves and their brothers and sisters.
Lent 1st Week, Tuesday, Mar 3
Jesus teaches about prayer: “This is how you are to pray."
Two men
were arguing about religion. As the
argument heated up, the one man shouted at the other,
"1'll bet
five bucks you don’t even know the Lord’s Prayer.” "I’ll
take that bet," the other shouted.
Then he
began praying, "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray
the Lord my soul to keep. If I
should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” The
other man looked at him in amazement and said, "III be darned! You win! I
didn't think you knew it.”
Sometimes
we might just as well be praying “Now I lay me down to sleep” as praying the
Lord's Prayer. For we
pray it without really thinking about what we are saying.
Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Feb 29th - Reflection & Liturgy
Isaiah 58:9-14 / Luke 5:27-32
God speaks: “Help others and I will help you.”
A woman named Linda was in a state mental hospital. She
said she was without hope for the future and without faith in God. Then one day
she happened to notice a small sign: “Volunteers needed to help the elderly.” She
says she doesn’t know why she responded to that sign, but she did. Several
months later she wrote about her experience, “Each day spent with these elderly
patients awakened something within me.” Linda’s experience with the elderly
patients restored not only her faith in the future but also her faith in God.
St. Stephen - Reflections and Liturgy
St. Stephen, First Martyr Wednesday, 26th
December 2019
Acts
6:8-10; 7:54-59 . Matthew 10:17-22
Martyrdom of Stephen: They
rushed at him and stoned him.
Sept 23-28: 25th Week - Reflections
Sept 23 Monday (St. Pius of Pietrelcina, priest. Click
here: (https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-pio-of-pietrelcina/ ):
Lk 8:16-18: 16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a
vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter
may see the light. 17 For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor
anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. 18 Take heed then
how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not,
even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”USCCB video
reflections: Click here: https://youtu.be/JUikjOW9AVc?list=PLpTzvCOJa7DD-uFtIWwJSoiHMmBgqLd9d
Sept 16-21: 24th Week - Reflections
Sept 16 Monday (St. Cornelius, Pope and St. Cyprian
Bishop, martyrs= https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-cornelius/ ):
Lk 7:1-10: 1 After he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of
the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to
him, who was sick and at the point of death. 3 When he heard of Jesus, he sent
to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4 And when
they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have
you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation, and he built us our
synagogue.”6 And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7 therefore I did not
presume to come to you.
Sept 9-14: 23rd Week - Odd Year: Weekday Reflections
Sept 9 Monday (St. Peter Claver (U.S.A.): Lk
6:6-11: 6 On another Sabbath, when he entered the synagogue
and taught, a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes
and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so
that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he knew their thoughts,
and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he
rose and stood there. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the
Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10 And he
looked around on them all, and said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did
so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they were filled with fury and discussed
with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Sept 2-7: Weekday Reflections
(Sept 2-7)
Sept 2 Monday: Lk 4:14-30: Jesus in the
synagogue at Nazareth 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the
surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by
all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and he went to
the synagogue, as his custom was, on the Sabbath day. And he stood up to
read; 17 and there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened
the book and found the place where it was written,
Aug 26-31: Weekday Reflections
Aug 26 Monday: Mt 23:13-22: 13 “But
woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of
heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would
enter to go in. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you
traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a
proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. 16
“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,
Aug 19-24: 20th Week - Weekday Homilies
Aug 19 Monday (Saint John Eudes, Priest): Mt
19:16-22: 16 And behold, one came up to him, saying, “Teacher,
what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do
you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter
life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “You
shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall
not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love
your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man said to him, “All these I have
observed; what do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be
perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this he
went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.
August 12-17: Weekday Homilies
Aug 12
Monday Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious]: Matthew 17:22-27: 22 As they were gathering in
Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands
of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And
they were greatly distressed. 24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of
the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, “Does not your teacher pay the
tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first,
saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth
take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he
said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However,
not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first
fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take
that and give it to them for me and for yourself.” (nil in other gospels)
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