Daily IVE Homilies

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel01:30 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 becomes humble like this childis the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives...

00:00 Intro00:11 Gospel02:45 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock,for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out,an inexhaustible treasure in heaventhat no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.“Gird your loins...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel01:10 HomilyA man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,"Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."Jesus said in reply,"O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bri...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel00:55 Homily-Jesus said to his disciples,"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole worldand forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Ma...

00:00 Intro00:09 Gospel01:38 HomilyJesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippiand he asked his disciples,“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter said in reply,“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Jesus said to him in rep...

00:00 Intro00:23 Gospel01:35 HomilyJesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep...

00:00 Intro00:33 Gospel02:09 HomilyJesus made the disciples get into a boatand precede him to the other side of the sea,while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore,was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it. During the fourth watch of the...

00:00 Intro00:24 Gospel01:44 HomilyWhen Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist,he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns. When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples approached him and said,"This is a deserted p...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel01:48 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 Intro00:10 Gospel01:48 HomilyHerod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesusand said to his servants, "This man is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead;that is why mighty powers are at work in him."Now Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prisonon account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,for John had said to him,"It is not lawful for...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:04 HomilyJesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,"Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Maryand his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?"And they took offen...

00:00 Intro00:36 Gospel01:24 HomilyJesus said to the disciples:"The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashoreand sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteousand throw them into the f...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel00:41 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,which a person finds and hides again,and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchantsearching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price,he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."Matth...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:02 HomilyJesus entered a villagewhere 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, yo...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:08 HomilyJesus proposed a parable to the crowds.“The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seedthat a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds,yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush,and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”He spoke to them another parable.“The Kingdom of heaven is like yeastthat...

00:00 Intro00:10 Gospel01:58 HomilyJesus proposed a parable to the crowds.“The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a manwho sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy cameand sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said,‘Master, did you not sow good seed...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:35 HomilyJesus proposed a parable to the crowds.“The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a manwho sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy cameand sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said,‘Master, did you not sow good seed...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:46 HomilyThe mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sonsand did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her,"What do you wish?"She answered him,"Command that these two sons of mine sit,one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom."Jesus said in reply,"You do not know what you are asking. Can you d...

00:00 Intro00:23 Gospel01:35 HomilyThe disciples approached Jesus and said,"Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?"He said to them in reply,"Because knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of heavenhas been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken awa...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:26 HomilyOn that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around himthat he got into a boat and sat down,and the whole crowd stood along the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:“A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, wher...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel02:08 HomilyOn the first day of the week,Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,while it was still dark,and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peterand to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,"They have taken the Lord from the tomb,and we don't know where they put him."Mary stayed outside the tomb weepi...

00:00 Intro 00:19 Gospel 01:13 HomilySome of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,"Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."He said to them in reply,"An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,but no sign will be given itexcept the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the e...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel01:13 HomilyJesus entered a villagewhere 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,"Mar...

00:00 Intro00:11 Gospel01:04 HomilyThe Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesusto put him to death. When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many people followed him, and he cured them all,but he warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall...

00:00 Intro00:11 Gospel01:22 HomilyJesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungryand began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,"See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath."He said to them, "Have you not read what David didwhen he and his companions were hungry,how he went...