Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/you-cant-please-everyone

In the gospel reading today Jesus tells the people, “I have not come to bring peace but a sword.” Then He goes on to say, “For I have come to set a father against his son, and a daughter against her mother…” Jesus uses explicit language to describe the age to come. That is, the age of Apostles. He is, therefore, prophesying about the time after His death, burial, resurrection, where those who declare to follow Him will be rejected by their own family, and in some cases, handed over to the authorities for death.

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/you-cant-please-everyone

Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/the-heart-matters

It is a natural tendency to think we are less of a sinner than others, particularly if we are comparing ourselves to murderers, the sexually deviant, or other sins we consider “extreme” and on a category of their own. However, much we indulge in this type of thinking to sooth our conscious, we are challenged by the words of Christ.

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/the-heart-matters

Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/who-is-your-father-teacher

Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/be-faithful

In our American culture, we are acculturated to want the best, to be the best, and to have the most. This type of thinking does not reflect the teachings of the Church or the Bible. On the contrary, God wants us to be faithful with what He has given us; and the circumstances that he has placed us in. Here, we must clearly define what it means to be “faithful.”

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/be-faithful

Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/sabbath-was-made-for-man

When God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the garden, He did it so that human beings could enjoy the pleasures of life. The sun, moon, rivers, animals, that is, all of God’s creation, was created for the enjoyment of humans. Further, God did not need to create human beings or the universe. He did it out of love, not out of necessity. God has no need for anything, for in Him there is fullness and completion. (Otherwise, He would not be God.) All things were created so that humans (and all living things) might grow closer to God. To sum-up, all things were created for man to enjoy, for his/her benefit and spiritual growth.

In the gospel reading today Jesus and his disciples pluck grain while they are walking through a field. Pharisees and other authorities in seeing this challenged Jesus.

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/sabbath-was-made-for-man

Weekly homily delivered by Fr. Gheevarghese John

https://stlukemission.org/sermons/the-vertical-horizontal-experience