DAILY HOMILIES

Like these workers in the vineyard, what separates us from each other are unimportant factors

Basically, wealth makes us think of ourselves as gods and since there is only one God in heaven, we cannot go and be competing with God.

Just as our Gospel passage encouraged us to give away our possessions to attain perfection, the life of the prophet Ezekiel also encourages to give up our attachment to sin and our love for those things that displease God

Enough of miracle displays in our churches. In fact, the greatest miracle is our firm resolve to repent from our sinfulness and shameful lifestyles. Isaiah says, keep justice; do righteousness and you will be accepted.

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is a singular participation in her Son’s Resurrection and an anticipation of the resurrection of other Christians.

how then are we to remain committed and happy in marriage for the rest of our lives? The answer I think is forgiveness; doing what Jesus told Peter “not seven times but seventy times seven times” – endlessly.

Come to think of it, what if God allowed all these people to offend you just to bring you to your knees and draw you to repentance? By refusing to forgive, you might just be fighting the wrong battle.

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.” (Matthew 18:15)

If you want to know the power that children have, gather some kids, kneel down and ask them to lay their hands on your head and pray for you. Never disrespect children, none is without an Angel.

St. Lawrence did not simply give to the poor, his giving was at the risk of his own life. Jesus says unless a grain of wheat falls and dies, it remains alone but after it dies, it bears much fruit. Whenever we make sacrifices for God’s sake, it is always painful but we must bear in mind that our pain, like the death of the seed buried under the ground, would eventually yield a great harvest.

Stop looking at the enormity of your problems and start learning how to fix your gaze permanently on God; learn to practice being in the presence of God. Very often, when we catch ourselves asking “God, where are you?” it is because we had forgotten that He is always there with us.

As a disciple of Jesus or as a minister, do I realize the amount of expectation God places on me? For their inability to cast out the demon, Jesus called his disciples a faithless and perverse generation. I wonder what Jesus would say of our own generation today.