Homily: Christmas

Posted on Dec 25, 2011 in Homilies | 0 comments “He sacrificed himself for us in order to set us free from all wickedness and to purify a people so that it could be his very own and would have no ambition except to do good.”  Jesus is born for us.  Jesus is truly our Saviour.  The second reading of the midnight Mass captures these words of St Paul that bring home to us the real meaning of Christmas.  This is a day of great joy for all...
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Homily: 4th Sunday of Advent

Posted on Dec 18, 2011 in Homilies | 0 comments We heard in the reading of St Paul’s letter to the Christians at Rome how he describes Jesus Christ as “the revelation of a mystery kept secret for ages, but now so clear that it must be broadcast to pagans everywhere….”   This was the Apostle’s one big passion in life, to make Jesus Christ known, not only to his own countrymen and brothers, but to people of all races and nations. The...
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Homily: 3rd Sunday of Advent

Posted on Dec 11, 2011 in Homilies | 0 comments “I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God.”  These words express the feeling the Church wishes to inspire in us at this point in Advent time. We are being awakened from a possible slumber of neglect, a sense of routine in our religious life. The Church wants us to realize afresh what Jesus is for us – our true Saviour, the cause of our own future glory in heaven. Even now He...
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Homily: 2nd Sunday of Advent

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 in Homilies | 0 comments John the Baptist is one of the most fascinating personalities that have arisen in the course of the history of salvation.  On the one hand, we know his origins somewhat better than some of the other prophets.  Yet the fact that his birth is recorded, while no record remains of his life thereafter (until he emerges from obscurity shortly before Jesus begins his public life) is intriguing.  This...
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Homily: 1st Sunday of Advent

Posted on Nov 26, 2011 in Homilies | 0 comments “Lord, make us turn to you, let us see your face and we shall be saved”  These words taken from today’s Psalm (79), summarize the sentiments expressed in the first reading of the Mass.  The prophet Isaiah laments a feeling of God’s absence – felt by the more devout during a time of hardship or exile.  He acknowledges that God’s apparent drawing away is due to the earlier...
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