Day: August 13, 2021

Homily - “You too go into my vineyard.”

“Christ – the Answer to all our longing for Fulfillment in life.”

We celebrate the Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, and share this message, “Called to a deeper Consecration to God in purity of heart.”  Beloved, St. Scholastica lived in the 5th and 6th century life of the Church.  She was the twin sister of St. Benedict, Abbot and founder of the Order of St. Benedict (the Benedictines); while Scholastica …

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Homily - “You too go into my vineyard.”

“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Beloved, Christ is inviting us to receive salvation.  This is the time of fulfilment; the providential time of mercy and the Lord’s favor (cf. Isa 49:8; 2Cor 6:2; Luke 4:18-19); the time for “the manifestation and the realization of God’s plan of salvation in all its fullness” (St. John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio, 15).  Thus, we should not …

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Homily - “You too go into my vineyard.”

“Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned!”

Beloved, we are all sinners in need of God’s grace and forgiveness. Lent is a time to return to the Lord with all our hearts. It is that privileged moment of grace St. Paul envisaged, in our Second Reading (2Cor 5:20-6:2), saying, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I …

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Homily - “You too go into my vineyard.”

“Sacramental Reconciliation and Healing: ‘Go, show yourself to the priest.’”

 “Sacramental Reconciliation and Healing: ‘Go, show yourself to the priest.’”  Beloved, God is our ultimate healer; but God uses His appointed human instruments – priests – as agents of reconciliation and to welcome reconciled sinners into the faith community.  At the time of Moses, leprosy was a disease with dire consequences; worse than Ebola or COVID 19.  Victims were …

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Homily - “You too go into my vineyard.”

Memorial of St. Scholastica Virgin

We celebrate the Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, and share this message, “Called to a deeper Consecration to God in purity of heart.”  Beloved, St. Scholastica lived in the 5th and 6th century life of the Church.  She was the twin sister of St. Benedict, Abbot and founder of the Order of St. Benedict (the Benedictines); while Scholastica …

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