Homilies and Reflections

Searching for the Kingdom of God

Homily for 8th Sunday  in Ordinary time year A 2014 My priestly calling began when I was still in grade three. Drawn by the white vestments of our then parish priest and the way he carried out himself, I just felt within me that I wanted to become a priest. That desire was even intensified […]

An extra mile in the Christian journey: Love and pray for our enemies

Homily for 7th Sunday in Ordinary time year A 2014 Between April and June 1994, the world witnessed one of the horrific and heart- wrenching events in the world- the terrible genocide in Rwanda. It  was noted that within those 3 months, about  800,000 Rwandans were killed most of them were from the ethnic minority, […]

Walking in the path of Jesus

Homily for 6th Sunday in Ordinary time year A 2014 One strong message in our gospel today is the truth that following Christ is not that easy. As I have already mentioned many times before, being a Christian is not always walking on a red carpet or sleeping in a bed of roses. Following Christ […]

Being a good example…

Homily for 5th Sunday in Ordinary time year A 2014 A year ago  I visited a man who had just celebrated his hundredth birthday. He looked so happy and contented with his life. So I asked him to tell me his secrets to a long and a happy life. He said to me: ‘Mate I […]