Daily IVE Homilies

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel00:42 HomilyJesus said:"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."Matthew 11 28-30https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071725.cfmAll Christians Must Forgivehttps://youtu.be/bmadS5...

00:00 Intro00:26 Gospel01:06 HomilyAt that time Jesus exclaimed:"I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,for although you have hidden these thingsfrom the wise and the learnedyou have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father,and no one knows the Fath...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyJesus began to reproach the townswhere most of his mighty deeds had been done,since they had not repented."Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midsthad been done in Tyre and Sidon,they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more tolerablefor Tyre and Sidon on the day of ju...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel02:02 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...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:26 HomilyJesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher,no slave above his master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,how much more those of his household!“Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be re...

00:00 Intro00:10 Gospel01:22 HomilyJesus said to his Apostles:"Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves;so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men,for they will hand you over to courtsand scourge you in their synagogues,and you will be led before governors and kings for my sakeas a witness before them and the pagans. When they hand you over,do not worry...

00:00 Intro00:09 Gospel01:27 HomilyJesus said to his Apostles:"As you go, make this proclamation:'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'Cure the sick, raise the dead,cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;no sack for the journey, or a second tunic,or sandals, or walking stick....

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:11 HomilyJesus summoned his Twelve disciplesand gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them outand to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the Twelve Apostles are these:first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew,Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;James, the son of Alph...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:16 HomilyA demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said,“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”But the Pharisees said,“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,teaching in their synagogues,proclaiming the Gospel of the K...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:05 HomilyWhile Jesus was speaking, an official came forward,knelt down before him, and said,""My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.""Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples. A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind himand touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, &qu...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyAt that time the Lord appointed seventy-two otherswhom he sent ahead of him in pairsto every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;so ask the master of the harvestto send out laborers for his harvest. Go on your way;behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. Carry no money bag, no sack,...

00:00 Intro00:31 Gospel01:13 HomilyThe disciples of John approached Jesus and said,"Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,but your disciples do not fast?"Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mournas long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,and then they will fast. No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunke...

00:00 Intro00:23 Gospel01:10 HomilyAs Jesus passed by,he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, ""Follow me.""And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house,many tax collectors and sinners cameand sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,""Why does your teacher eat with tax col...

00:00 Intro00:22 Gospel01:38 HomilyThomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord."But Thomas said to them,"Unless I see the mark of the nails in his handsand put my finger into the nailmarksand put my hand into his side, I will not believe."Now a week later his disciples were again insidea...

00:00 Intro00:16 Gospel01:34 HomilyWhen Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that road. They cried out, "What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?"Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding. The demons pleaded wi...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel00:49 HomilyAs Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea,so that the boat was being swamped by waves;but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying,"Lord, save us! We are perishing!"He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?"Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,and there was great calm. The...

00:06 Intro00:47 GospelWhen Jesus saw a crowd around him,he gave orders to cross to the other shore. A scribe approached and said to him,“Teacher, 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.”Another of his disciples said to him,“Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”But Jesus answered h...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:20 HomilyWhen Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippihe 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 re...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel02:15 HomilyWhen Jesus entered Capernaum,a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying,"Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully."He said to him, "I will come and cure him."The centurion said in reply,"Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel00:47 HomilyJesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes:"What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of themwould not leave the ninety-nine in the desertand go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it,he sets it on his shoulders with great joyand, upon his arrival home,he calls together his friends and neighbors and says...

00:00 Intro00:17 Gospel02:03 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,'will enter the Kingdom of heaven,but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day,'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?'Then I will declare...

00:00 Intro00:19Gospel01:00 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good fruit,and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,nor can a rotten tree bear go...

00:00 Intro00:28 Gospel01:34 HomilyWhen the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her childshe gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heardthat the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,and they rejoiced with her. When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child,they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,but his mother said in reply,“No. He will be called John.”But t...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel01:03 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged,and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother,'Let me remove that splinter from y...

00:00 Intro00:23 Gospel01:51 HomilyJesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,and he healed those who needed to be cured. As the day was drawing to a close,the Twelve approached him and said,"Dismiss the crowdso that they can go to the surrounding villages and farmsand find lodging and provisions;for we are in a deserted place here."He said to them, "Give them some food your...