HOMILIES
Father Valan with his parents, Israel, 2017
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Are you content with your life? If you are truly content, be very grateful for all that God has done for you already. If you are not then perhaps today’s first reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah could help you learn the secret of being content in any situation. Read more »
Friends, in Elijah’s story we may just see a little of ourselves in our reaction to what happens around us and, when we are in our need for God’s protection and hope. Despite our devotion and deep faith in the Lord, like the prophet Elijah, we all could feel frustrated, discouraged, disappointed, upset, hurt, scared, isolated, alone and a bit hopeless at times. Read more »
Friends, Saint Augustine says, “Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of faith is to see what we believe.” Today’s gospel story is a demonstration of such faith experience. It is essentially built around the conversation between Jesus and a woman. The woman was a Canaanite from the region of Tyre and Sidon. Read more »
In spite of our scriptural knowledge and our experience of God, none of us can claim to fully understand and know God. Our ability to comprehend God is limited. We catch only glimpses of God. Read more »
God knows our weaknesses and limitations. He is patient and caring. He forgives our complaints and listens to our grievances. He may not fix any of our problems instantly but he would certainly accompany us in our sorrow and suffering, most profoundly through the person of Jesus, who suffered and died on the cross in order that we all might experience the joy and peace of the resurrection. Read more »