Homily For The Solemnity Of The Most Holy Trinity, Year A
Last week, when we celebrated Pentecost, I mentioned that the Holy Spirit is not merely a symbol like a dove, wind, or fire. The Holy Spirit is a person — the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the Church invites us to reflect on […]
Homily For Pentecost Sunday, Year A
Pentecost, for many Christians today, is immediately associated with the coming of the Holy Spirit, which is not wrong. Originally, Pentecost was not a Christian feast at all. It was one of the three great pilgrimage feasts of the Jewish people: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. These feasts were deeply woven into the spiritual and cultural […]
Homily For The Ascenssion of Jesus Year A
Today, the Church joyfully celebrates the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven. The first reading from the Acts of the Apostles recounts this sacred moment in the life of Christ and the early Church. After His suffering, death, and resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples over a period of forty days, strengthening their […]
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A
In today’s Gospel, Jesus continues his intimate conversation with his apostles as he prepares them for his departure. We can almost feel the weight in the room. The apostles are troubled, confused, and even afraid. They have come to recognize Jesus as the Messiah, the one in whom they placed all their hope—and now he […]
Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter, Year A
We live in a time when getting lost feels almost impossible. With navigation apps guiding our every turn, we simply speak a destination and follow the voice. Yet, even with such precision, we’ve all experienced those moments when the route takes us in circles—arriving eventually, but not without confusion, delay, or detours. It’s a small […]
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, Year A
I am often surprised that many people in Jesus’ time struggled to understand Him when He spoke about the sheepfold. It was not an unfamiliar image to them; rather, it was part of their daily life. The sheepfold was a common structure in their culture—a protected enclosure where sheep were kept, especially at night, to […]
Homily For The 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A
In the first reading, we encounter the apostles of Christ transformed—no longer fearful, but bold and courageous, speaking openly in the name of Jesus. Yet in the Gospel, we meet a very different picture: disciples who are intimidated, disoriented, and struggling to understand the traumatic events that had just unfolded in Jerusalem. The crucifixion of […]
Homily For The 2nd Sunday Of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday): Year A
In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II formally established a new feast in the Catholic Church: Divine Mercy Sunday, first celebrated in 2001 on the Second Sunday of Easter—this very day. This feast finds its origin in the profound spiritual experiences and apparitions received by Saint Faustina Kowalska, through whom the message of God’s […]
Homily for Easter Sunday, Year A
On Good Friday, after our Lord Jesus Christ had been crucified and had breathed His last, His sacred body was taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb. A heavy stone was rolled across the entrance, sealing it shut. To all outward appearances, it seemed as though the story had ended. Hope appeared […]
Homily For Easter Vigil, Year A
Tonight, we began in darkness. Outdoor, we gathered around a newly kindled fire. The night was still, the world quiet, and the Church itself was shrouded in darkness. From that fire, the Paschal candle was lit and carried into this darkened space—a powerful sign of Christ rising from the dead and entering a world overshadowed […]