SUNDAY HOMILIES

March 16, 2024

John 12:20-33 5th Sunday of Lent March 17, 2024 … unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

5th Sunday of Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 A. Text/Context • During the time of Jesus, the Jews were already very popular when it comes to the practice of their religion we call Judaism • What makes the religion attractive to many people is because they believe in one God. In theology we call it monotheism or the belief of one God • And today in the gospel among the people who are attracted to their religion are the Greeks • We assume that the Greeks in this gospel are simply Greek merchants or travelers who happened to […]
March 8, 2024

John 3:14-21 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) March 10, 2024 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.

(I would like to thank my website administrator Mr. Ernest Villariza for fixing this website. We’ve been through tremendous problems the past months before it is totally restored. Thank you Ernest. God bless you and your entire family.) Frater Constantino aka Fr. JDS. Introduction: Today is Laetare Sunday or the Sunday of Rejoicing which is quite inconsistent with the whole penitential season of lent where there is fasting, abstinence, remorse of conscience, sorrow or compunction for our sins or the general atmosphere being sad and forlorn as the liturgy requires it. But this is a reminder of what Jesus said […]
March 2, 2024

John 2:13-25 3rd Sunday of Lent March 3, 2024

3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 Text/Context So we hear Jesus spilled the coins of the merchants and overturned the tables and told them: Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace. It was an episode in Jerusalem Naturally, the higher authorities in the temple have to intervene and they asked: What sign can you show us for doing this? Jesus answered: Destroy this temple and I will raise it up in three days The answer of Jesus is not the one that the authorities are expecting What is really the reason why is it that […]
February 25, 2024

Mark 9:2-10 2nd Sunday of Lent Transfiguration February 25, 2024

2nd Sunday of Lent Transfiguration Genesis 22:1-2, 9:10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31-34 Mark 9:2-10 Text/Context The gospel today describes us of the transfiguration of Jesus when the whole countenance of the Lord became so beautiful and radiant and dazzling in white Then a cloud came down and there was a voice: This is my beloved Son listen to him. And then together with the transfigured Jesus, Moses and Elijah were also there Only three of the 12 disciples were there: Peter, James and John to witness the spectacular event This is very significant and symbolic because Moses represents the law and […]
February 18, 2024

Mark 1:12-15 1st Sunday of Lent February 18, 2024

1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 February 18, 2024 A. Text/Context In the 1st part of the gospel Mark has narrated that the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert where he remained there for forty days and where he was tempted by Satan So it was the Spirit who brought Jesus into the desert and this is some kind of a mystery because this is the same Spirit in the form of a dove who descended upon Jesus during his baptism where the Spirit proclaims this is my beloved son Now it is an […]
February 11, 2024

Mark 1:40-45 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 11, 2024

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1:40-45 A. Text/Context We have just heard yet another miracle that Jesus performed in the cleansing of a leper in the gospel today As of this time Jesus has already become very popular among the population; like a real celebrity, he is mobbed by people wherever he goes It was the leper who was cleansed by the disease who was responsible in broadcasting the miracle that occurred in spite of the stern warning that Jesus gave, not do so Jesus told the leper to show himself to the […]
February 4, 2024

Mark 1:29-39 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time February 4, 2024

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 Text/Context As what we have heard in the gospel  just a few seconds back Jesus is again performing miracles of healing and exorcism upon seeing the pitiful situation of the people Mark describes the mother-in-law of Simon as laying sick and has a fever Jesus approached her and the fever left her and started serving them And for the whole day until evening, Jesus just witnessed how people have lived such a wretched lives because of the many diseases and sickness that he saw The whole […]
January 28, 2024

Mark 1:21-28 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 Text and Context The 1st reading in Deuteronomy tells us of Moses making a prophecy that a prophet will be raised from among the Israelites This prophecy is now fulfilled in the gospel where the people inside the synagogue are so astonished by the words of Jesus speaking with such authority Jesus is now the prophet who is now in their midst in flesh and blood. The authority of Jesus comes from God So as mentioned in the gospel when the people heard Jesus speaking in the synagogue […]
January 21, 2024

Mark 10:13-16 Feast of Sto. Niño

Feast of Sto. Niño Isaiah 9:1-6 Ephesians 1:3-6.15-18 Mark 10:13-16 Text/Context What is happening in the gospel today is that many children were brought to Jesus that he might touch them And the disciples tried to stop the children from going near to Jesus. And as the evangelist Mark tells us that people were bringing the children to Jesus so that he might touch them It was not even the wish of the children to go near Jesus. It was the parents who brought their children to Jesus probably to be healed of their sickness or simply just to be […]