Daily IVE Homilies

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:06 HomilyJesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me."And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house,and a large crowd of tax collectorsand others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying,"Why d...

00:00 Intro00:09 Gospel00:32 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."Matthew 9 14-15https://bible.usccb.org/bible/rea...

00:00 Intro00:21 Gospel01:04 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejectedby the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,and be killed and on the third day be raised."Then he said to all,"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himselfand take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,but who...

00:00 Intro00:27 Gospel01:55 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"Take care not to perform righteous deedsin order that people may see them;otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms,do not blow a trumpet before you,as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streetsto win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you,they have received their reward. B...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel01:05 HomilyPeter began to say to Jesus,'We have given up everything and followed you."Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you,there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sistersor mother or father or children or landsfor my sake and for the sake of the Gospelwho will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age:houses and brothers and sistersand...

00:00 Intro00:29 Gospel02:26 HomilyAs Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up,knelt down before him, and asked him,""Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?""Jesus answered him, ""Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill;you shall not commit adultery;you shall not steal;you shall not be...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel01:47 HomilyJesus told his disciples a parable,“Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher;but when fully trained,every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me rem...

00:00 Intro04:37 Gospel10:01 HomilyPeople were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them,but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them,"Let the children come to me; do not prevent them,for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you,whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a childwill not enter it."Then he em...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:28 HomilyJesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom,he again taught them. The Pharisees approached him and asked,""Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?""They were testing him. He said to them in reply, ""What did Moses command you?""They replied,&qu...

00:00 Intro00:10 Gospel01:29 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:"Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drinkbecause you belong to Christ,amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward."Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstonewere put around his neckand he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel00:55 HomilyJohn said to Jesus,"Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my namewho can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us."Mark 9 38-40https://bible.usccb.org/bi...

00:00 Intro00:18 Gospel01:29 HomilyJesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee,but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them,"The Son of Man is to be handed over to menand they will kill him,and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise."But they did not understand the saying,and they were afraid to q...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyAs Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, Johnand approached the other disciples,they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. Immediately on seeing him,the whole crowd was utterly amazed. They ran up to him and greeted him. He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”Someone from the crowd answered him,“Teacher, I have...

00:00 Intro00:16 Gospel02:16 HomilyJesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say,love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes...

00:00 Intro00:25 Gospel01:42 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 Intro00:21 Gospel01:18 HomilyJesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them,"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 sakeand that of the Gospel will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole worldand forfeit his life? What could one g...

00:00 Intro00:15 Gospel01:24 HomilyJesus and his disciples set outfor the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples,“Who do people say that I am?”They said in reply,“John the Baptist, others Elijah,still others one of the prophets.”And he asked them,“But who do you say that I am?”Peter said to him in reply,“You are the Christ.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about...

00:00 Intro00:20 Gospel01:37 HomilyWhen Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida,people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked,“Do you see anything?”Looking up the man replied, “I see people looking like trees and walking.”Then he laid hands o...

00:00 Intro00:10 Gospel01:17 HomilyThe disciples had forgotten to bring bread,and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out,guard against the leaven of the Phariseesand the leaven of Herod.” They concluded among themselves thatit was because they had no bread. When he became aware of this he said to them,“Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread?...

00:00 Intro00:24 Gospel01:01 HomilyThe Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,“Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”Then he left them, got into the boat again,and went off to the other shore. Mark 8 11-13https://bible.usccb.or...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:47 HomilyJesus came down with the Twelveand stood on a stretch of level groundwith a great crowd of his disciplesand a large number of the peoplefrom all Judea and Jerusalemand the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon. And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you...

00:00 Intro00:13 Gospel01:21 HomilyIn those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat,Jesus summoned the disciples and said,"My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,because they have been with me now for three daysand have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes,they will collapse on the way,and some of them have come a great distance."His discip...

00:00 Intro00:14 Gospel01:15 HomilyJesus left the district of Tyreand went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impedimentand begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s earsand, spitting, touched his tongue;then he looked up to heaven a...

00:00 Intro00:19 Gospel01:11 HomilyJesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it,but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Let the childre...

00:00 Intro00:12 Gospel01:19 HomilyJesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,“Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;but the things that come out from within are what defile.”When he got home away from the crowdhis disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them,“Are even you likewise without understanding? Do you not real...