Daily IVE Homilies

00:00 Intro 00:17 Gospel 01:03 Homily Jesus said to his disciples: “Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wai...

00:00 Intro00:13 Gospel01:24 HomilySomeone in the crowd said to Jesus,“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”He replied to him,“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”Then he said to the crowd,“Take care to guard against all greed,for though one may be rich,one’s life does not consist of possessions.”Then he told them a parable.“There was a rich man whose land...

00:00 Intro00:11 Gospel01:30 HomilyThe Pharisees went offand plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying,"Teacher, we know that you are a truthful manand that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are not concerned with anyone's opinion,for you do not regard a person's status. Tell us, then, what...

00:00 Intro 00:20 Gospel 01:15 Homily Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. “Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven....

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:30 HomilyAt that time:So many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. Jesus began to speak, first to his disciples,“Beware of the leaven–that is, the hypocrisy–of the Pharisees.“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed,nor secret that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darknesswill be heard in the l...

00:00 Intro 00:19 Gospel 01:31 Homily The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently, you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’ in order that this ge...

00:00 Intro 00:11 Gospel 01:16 Homily The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over wh...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel0:52 HomilyAfter Jesus had spoken,a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to seethat he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not th...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel02c:05 HomilyJesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servantsto summon the invited guests to the feast,but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying,'Tell those invited: "Behold, I...

00:00 Gospel 00:30 Intro 00:39 Homily While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Luke 11:27-28 Spiritual Exercises - A Silent Retreat https://spiritualexercises.online/what-are-the-spir...

00:00 Intro00:13 Gospel01:46 HomilyWhen Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said:“By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,he drives out demons.”Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid wasteand house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how w...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel01:30 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:“Suppose one of you has a friendto whom he goes at midnight and says,‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journeyand I have nothing to offer him,’and he says in reply from within,‘Do not bother me; the door has already been lockedand my children and I are already in bed. I cannot ge...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel00:44 HomilyJesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,one of his disciples said to him,"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."He said to them, "When you pray, say:Father, hallowed be your name,your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily breadand forgive us our sinsfor we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,and do...

00:00 Intro00:16 Gospel00:55 HomilyJesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,“Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply,“Martha, Martha,...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel01:57 HomilyThere was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”He said in reply,“You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart,with all your being,with all your strength,and with all your mind,and your neighbor as yourself.”He replied...

00:00 Intro00:22 Gospel02:00 HomilyJesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:"Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard,put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near,he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the...

00:00 Intro00:33 Gospel01:57 HomilyThe seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus,“Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power‘to tread upon serpents’ and scorpionsand upon the full force of the enemyand nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice becaus...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel02:00 HomilyThe disciples approached Jesus and said,“Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child suc...

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00:00 Intro 00:16 Gospel 01:08 Homily As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let...

00:00 Intro 00:22 Gospel 01:11 Homily Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are th...

00:00 Intro00:00 Gospel00:0 0HomilyAn argument arose among the disciplesabout which of them was the greatest. Jesus realized the intention of their hearts and took a childand placed it by his side and said to them,"Whoever receives this child in my name receives me,and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. For the one who is least among all of youis the one who is the greatest.&qu...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel01:08 HomilyJesus said to the chief priests and elders of the people:"What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said,'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'He said in reply, 'I will not,'but afterwards changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He said in reply, 'Yes, sir, 'but...

00:00 Intro00:11 Gospel00:50 HomilyWhile they were all amazed at his every deed,Jesus said to his disciples,“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying;its meaning was hidden from themso that they should not understand it,and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. Luke 9 43b-45https://bible.usccb.org/bible/re...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel00:59 HomilyOnce when Jesus was praying in solitude,and the disciples were with him,he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah;still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”He rebuked them and directed them not to...