(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) In the time of Elijah, the prophet, Baal was a pagan god, supposedly the god of water, rain and fertility. For Elijah there was only one God and Baal was not it. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) We turn tomorrow to the Elijah cycle of books of Kings. Before we do this, we pause to take a last look at the book of the Acts of the Apostles. It … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) It is Pentecost. Pentecost is the glorification of Jesus. It is through the Holy Spirit that we can call Jesus, “Lord”. No one can call Jesus Lord without the Holy Spirit. There … Continued
(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanas y hermanos, Es Pentecostés. El Pentecostés es la glorificación de Jesús. Es don del Espíritu Santo. Es por ese don que podemos llamar a Jesús “Señor”. Nadie puede llamar a Jesús “Señor” … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) It is close to the feast of Pentecost, which brings to a close the Easter Season. The privileged readings for the Easter Season is the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) This is Paul’s only preaching to a Christian audience. The context is that Paul’s missionary work is coming to an end. He looks back into the past, acknowledges the present and looks … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) In this passage we meet two people who are migrants. Priscilla and Aquila have come from Rome to Corinth. Apparently, they were Jewish people who believed in Jesus. They left Rome when … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) St Francis admonished his brother to spend two years living with a people before preaching to them about Christ. He wanted them to know the people, their customs and heritage. St Paul … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) Lydia was a dealer in the purple dye industry. Purple dye was made from the bladder of the murex shellfish. It took about 60,000 murexes to make one pound of the dye. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) The mountain of God is huge and enormous. On this mountain is the City of God, called the New Jerusalem. In the days of the Apostles, before we had airplanes, the walls … Continued