Daily IVE Homilies

00:00 Intro00:16 Gospel01:22 HomilyJesus departed to the mountain to pray,and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself,and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,Simon who was called a Zealot,and Judas the son o...

00:00 Intro00:16 Gospel03:22 HomilyThe Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac,Isaac the father of Jacob,Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah,whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron,Hezron the father of Ram,Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the fath...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel01:29 HomilyGreat crowds were traveling with Jesus,and he turned and addressed them,“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,wife and children, brothers and sisters,and even his own life,he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after mecannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a towerdoes not first sit down and...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:00 HomilyWhile Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath,his disciples were picking the heads of grain,rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. Some Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”Jesus said to them in reply,“Have you not read what David didwhen he and those who were with him were hungry? How he went into the house of G...

00:00 Intro00:26 Gospel01:20 HomilyThe scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,"The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers,and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same;but yours eat and drink."Jesus answered them, "Can you make the wedding guests fastwhile the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them,then they...

00:00 Intro00:22 Gospel02:16 HomilyWhile the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God,he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake;the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon,he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyAfter Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel01:20 HomilyJesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath,and they were astonished at his teachingbecause he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon,and he cried out in a loud voice,"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyJesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,and went according to his custominto the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to pr...

00:00 Intro00:10 Gospel02:51 HomilyJesus told his disciples this parable:"A man going on a journeycalled in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one–to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them,and made another five. Likewise, the one who rec...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel02:21 HomilyHerod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prisonon account of Herodias,the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod,“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”Herodias harbored a grudge against himand wanted to kill him but was unable to do so. Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and h...

00:00 Intro00:38 Gospel01:40 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the househad known the hour of night when the thief was coming,he would have stayed awakeand not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared,for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."Who,...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel01:09 HomilyJesus said,"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. Y...

00:00 Intro00:17 Gospel01:17 HomilyJesus said:“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin,and have neglected the weightier things of the law:judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites....

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:45 HomilyJesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves,nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert,and when that happens you make him a child of G...

00:00 Intro00:22 Gospel01:30 HomilyJesus passed through towns and villages,teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him,"Lord, will only a few people be saved?"He answered them,"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,for many, I tell you, will attempt to enterbut will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,then w...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:48 HomilyJesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,"The scribes and the Phariseeshave taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carryand lay them on people's shoulders,but they will n...

00:00 Intro00:22 Gospel01:30 HomilyJesus passed through towns and villages,teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him,"Lord, will only a few people be saved?"He answered them,"Strive to enter through the narrow gate,for many, I tell you, will attempt to enterbut will not be strong enough. After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,then w...

00:00 Intro00:17 Gospel02:05 HomilyJesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parablessaying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to 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 have prepare...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel02:25 HomilyJesus told his disciples this parable:"The Kingdom of heaven is like a landownerwho went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage,he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock,he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard,and I wi...

00:00 Intro00:07 Gospel01:33 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is richto enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you,it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needlethan for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said,“Who then can be saved?”Jesus looked at them an...

00:00 Intro00:07 Gospel01:17 HomilyA young man approached Jesus and said,“Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”He asked him, “Which ones?”And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill;you shall not commit adultery;you shall not steal;you shall not bear fa...

00:00 Intro00:13 Gospel01:37 HomilyMary set outand traveled to the hill country in hasteto a town of Judah,where she entered the house of Zechariahand greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel02:39 HomilyPeter approached Jesus and asked him,"Lord, if my brother sins against me,how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?"Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a kingwho decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting,a debtor was...

00:00 Intro00:28 Gospel01:18 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"If your brother sins against you,go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen,take one or two others along with you,so that every fact may be establishedon the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell the Church....