Homily Theme: Overcoming the Obstacles (1)

“They said nothing because they had been arguing which of them was the greatest”

~ From the Gospel ~

“Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him”

~  From the Gospel ~

During the homily, Fr. Daniel quotes this from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

“Faith is man’s response to God who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same time bringing man a superabundant light as he searches for the ultimate meaning of his life”.

“Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be Opened.’”

~  From the Gospel  ~

“… ‘You put aside the command of God to cling to human traditions’. He called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand…”

~  From the Gospel ~

“After hearing his doctrine many of the followers of Jesus said, ‘This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?’…”

~ From the Gospel ~

"The whole point of the Gospel readings over these last few weeks is to draw people to Jesus, to enable an encounter with Him who comes that we may have life, and have to the full. Let us pray for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon our parish family; that aridity may give way to a renewal of zeal for the spreading of the Good News". 

“… No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise him up on the last day”

~ From the Gospel ~

“Do not work for food that cannot last, but work for food that endures to eternal life”

~ From the Gospel ~

“There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that between so many”

~ From the Gospel ~