Monthly Archives: August 2020

Homily: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 16:21-27 30 August 2020 The national government recently called on religious leaders to counsel and guide the members of their flock in order to halt the increasing suicide cases in the country during this pandemic. Echoing the national government’s call, a DOH official was quoted as saying:Continue reading “Seeing Beyond Our Pains and Not Being Okay”

Homily: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 16:13-20  23 August 2020 The expression on one’s face easily communicates that which remains unsaid. Lately, it is proving to be a challenge to adequately understand each other what with the mandatory wearing of face masks (and now face shields) we are prevented from completely seeing eachContinue reading “Unmasking the Christ in Us”

Homily: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)Matthew 15:21-2816 August 2020 Have you noticed that over the past months the protocols prescribed to prevent the spread of Covid 19 have gone from the practical to the ridiculous? There is the logical mandatory wearing of masks, proper and frequent handwashing and social distancing to the eyebrow raisingContinue reading “Tearing Walls Down in Jesus’ Name”

Homily: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)Matthew 14:22-339 August 2020 Our Faith in the Raging Storm  In London I lived with an elderly religious (Fr. Andrew) who likes to sit in the park and feed the birds. He would return home with great stories quite useful for homilies. Once he told me about a fatherContinue reading “Our Faith in the Raging Storm”

Homily: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 14:13-21 2 August 2020 Go viral! That’s the best way to get the public’s attention these days. When I was younger, people had to make the rounds of TV and radio stations, broadsheets and tabloids to attract attention for personal or societal concerns. Nowadays, if you wantContinue reading “When Feeling Sorry Is Not Enough”