by Giltus Mathias | May 12, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -6th SUNDAY EASTER A Acts 8:5-8,14-171 Peter 3:15-18John 17:1-11 HOMILY It’s often said: ‘Honesty is the best policy!’ I tend to agree. Some time ago, I saw a very touching movie, one of the best I’ve ever seen, called Secrets and Lies. It’s about...
by Giltus Mathias | May 3, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -5th SUNDAY EASTER A Acts 6:1-71 Peter 2:4-9John 14:1-12 HOMILY Marshall McLuhan, commentator on means of communication, once wrote: ‘We drive into the future looking through the rear-vision mirror.’ The Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard,...
by Giltus Mathias | Apr 27, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -4th SUNDAY EASTER A Acts 2:14, 36-411 Peter 2:20-25John 10:1-10 HOMILY This story is told of a couple, Mike and Yvonne: They were both 85 years old and had been married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they...
by Giltus Mathias | Apr 20, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -3rd SUNDAY EASTER A Acts 2:14, 22-331 Peter 1:17-21Luke 24:13-35 HOMILY For many of us life is a series of changes. Some of these are forced upon us, others freely chosen. We decide, for example, to move to a new suburb, look for a new job, replace our...
by Giltus Mathias | Apr 13, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -2nd SUNDAY EASTER A Acts 2:42-471 Peter 1:3-9John 20:19-31 HOMILY Easter means a great deal more than Easter bunnies, Easter eggs and Easter parades. As outward signs of joy and hope they have a place. But they only skim the surface of what Easter truly...
by Giltus Mathias | Apr 5, 2023 | Sunday Homilies
SUNDAY HOMILY -EASTER SUNDAY A Acts 10:34a, 37-43Colossians 3:1-4John 20:1-9 HOMILY When my father died rather suddenly in 1975, my mother wrote that she was devastated and that her life would never be and could never be the same again. All of us, facing the death of...
