Weekly homilies

Monday, October 13 2025

28th OT



Rom 1:1-7

"Through him we have received the grace of apostleship."



We receive God's grace. For the sake of our mission, let us listen to what the Holy Spirit, the Love of God, says to our hearts.



Luke 11:29-32

Jesus said:

"This generation is an evil generation."



In fact, it means that many people seek God when God is already with them.



What God created is good. Let us welcome the grace of God that is within us.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Tuesday, October 14 2025

28th OT



Rm 1:16-25

"Although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God."



God's Love is the Intelligence that leads us in our hearts to listen to the peace and joy of the Lord.



Luke 11:37-41

"Of course, you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish."



Jesus simply wants to bring people within themselves, to rediscover peace and joy. This helps them to reflect better and condemn less.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Wednesday, October 15 2025

28th OT



Rm 2:1-11

"By the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself."

We only know the 1% of a person. And their failings are not their reality.



Let us learn to entrust to the Lord the evils and discomforts we see in a person. This will detach us from them and prevent us from doing worse... from slander to gossip.



Let us remain free from everything and entrust everything to God.



Lk 11:42-46

Jesus says: "You pay no attention to love of God."

Yes, indeed, Jesus says so.



God's love is the simplest thing. Let us find joy and peace in our hearts and return to it constantly.



This is how we become friends with God, bathed in His Love, and how we become freer day by day. This freedom is the joy that inspires us to tell people that God loves them and to receive His Love.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.

Mercredi 15 Octobre

28e TO



Rm 2, 1-11

« Quand tu juges les autres, tu te condamnes toi-même. »

Nous connaissons seulement le 1% d’une personne. Et que ses manquements ne sont pas sa réalité.



Apprenons à remettre au Seigneur les maux et les malaises que nous voyons chez une personne. Cela nous en détachera et nous évitera de faire pire… de la calomnie à la médisance.



Demeurons libres de tout et remettons tout à Dieu.



Lc 11, 42-46

Jésus dit : « Vous passez à côté de l’amour de Dieu. »

Oui, en effet, Jésus le dit.



L’Amour de Dieu est ce qu’il y a de plus simple. Trouvons la joie et la paix dans notre cœur et revenons-y constamment.



C’est comme cela que nous devenons amis avec Dieu, baignés dans son Amour et que nous devenons de jour en jour plus libres. Cette liberté est la joie qui nous élance à annoncer aux personnes que Dieu les Aime et de recevoir son Amour.



Textes bibliques, AELF

Normand Thomas.

Thursday, October 16 2025

28th OT



Rm 3:21-30

"A person is justified by faith apart from works of the law."



A person becomes righteous by welcoming the Righteous One, Jesus. God's righteousness is transmitted by His Love. The only law, the one on which we base ourselves, is that of God's Love.



Luke 11:47-54

Jesus said to the lawyers: "You have taken away the key of knowledge."



"The key to knowledge" is the understanding of God's Love.

That is, the knowledge we have is limited to earthly things.



The understanding of Love, of the Holy Spirit, is not limited, and it is what we receive in the peace and repose of our hearts, of our beings.



Joy and peace within us teach us the Intelligence of God, for joy and peace are the Holy Spirit.



Let us observe the joy of the child within ourselves and in others. Let us entrust to the Lord all that is negative, burdensome, useless from the past and anxiety about the future.



We are on a journey and we will soon discover wonders.



Biblical texts: NAB-RE

Normand Thomas.