Homilies
Christmas: Humility of God and a call to hospitality for us
Homily for Christmas Mass 2014 Exactly, a month ago, there was a news on the daily telegraph, that really made me cringe. According to the daily telegraph: ‘The malnourished baby boy was found abandoned at the bottom of a 2.4m drain, covered by a concrete slab, after a cyclist and his daughter heard the baby’s […]
Dedication of St John Lateran Basilica
Homily for the feast of the Dedication of St John Lateran Basilica One thing that makes me love the Catholic Church more and more is the fact that our faith and our Catholic tradition have withstood the test of time, have braved through the centuries of persecutions, heresies, dark ages, and modernization. It is just […]
Praying for the dead- a noble thing to do
Homily for All Souls Day 2014 All Saints day and All Souls Day are two big days in the Philippines. Millions of Filipinos would take a break from our normal work, or studies and take time to go to the Church and to the cemeteries offering prayers for our departed loved ones. I remember the […]
Love connects people
Homily for 30th Sunday in Ordinary time A 2014 For those of you who have used or still using Nokia phones, you might remember that every time you switch it on, you’ll see its slogan ‘Connecting people.’ I really took this slogan quite seriously when I got my first mobile phone. I established contacts and […]