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Sunday Sermons

MOST RECENT SUNDAY SERMONS

  • Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A - Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,Life today is filled with burdens. Many people carry the weight of family responsibilities, financial difficulties, sickness, loneliness, disappointment, or anxiety about the future. Some carry invisible burdens—guilt, broken relationships, grief, or spiritual emptiness. We often smile on the outside while struggling within. Into this reality, Jesus speaks one of […]
  • Sermon for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A - Readings: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Today’s Gospel presents us with some of the most challenging words spoken by Jesus: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.” At first hearing, these words may seem harsh. Jesus is not asking us to love our families less; rather, He is […]
  • Homily – God chooses us, loves us, and sends us. - Readings: Exodus 19:2–6a; Romans 5:6–11; Matthew 9:36–10:8 Dear brothers and sisters, Today’s readings reveal a beautiful truth: God chooses us, loves us, and sends us. Before asking anything from us, God first draws near to us with compassion and grace. In the first reading, God speaks to Israel at Mount Sinai: “You shall be my […]
  • Body and Blood of Jesus - My brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—traditionally known as Corpus Christi. Every year, this feast calls us out into the streets to proclaim a mystery that is the very “source and summit” of who we are. But the readings for Year A offer us […]
  • Most Holy Trinity - My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate one of the greatest pillars of our Catholic faith: the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Often, when we think of the Trinity—One God in Three Divine Persons—our minds get tied up in knots trying to understand the math. How can 1 + 1 + […]
  • Pentecost Sunday - My brothers and sisters in Christ,Today we reach the glorious culmination of the Easter season. For fifty days, we have rejoiced in the mystery of the Resurrection, but today, that mystery becomes personal. Today, the triumph of Christ moves from something we look at to something that lives within us. Pentecost is not just the […]
  • Feast of Ascension of the Lord - Dear friends Today the Church celebrates the glorious Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. At first glance, this feast may seem like a moment of separation, Jesus leaving His disciples and ascending into heaven. But the Ascension is not about Christ abandoning the earth. Rather, it is about Christ entering into His glory, entrusting […]
  • 6th Sunday of easter year A - Today’s readings speak about a presence that cannot always be seen, but can always be known: the presence of God through the Holy Spirit. Jesus prepares His disciples for a time when He will no longer be physically with them, yet He assures them “I will not leave you orphaned.” That promise reaches all the […]
  • 3rd Sunday of Easter - My dear brothers and sisters in risen Christ, the readings today speak about one central truth: Jesus is risen- and that changes everything. But they also show us something just as important: recognizing the risen Lord is not always immediate or easy. In the Gospel, we meet two disciples on the road to Emmaus. They […]
  • Palm Sunday - Today we enter into a strange and powerful mystery. We begin with joy, palms in our hands, echoing the cries of the crowd: “Hosanna to the Son of David” but very quickly the tone shifts. The same liturgy leads us into betrayal, suffering and death. Palm Sunday is not just a story, it is a […]