Weekly homilies

Normandt · Oct 12, 2025

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.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 13, 2025

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.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 14, 2025

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.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 14, 2025

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.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 15, 2025

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.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 16, 2025

Friday, October 17 2025

28th OT

Rm 4:1-8

"Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Listening to God, helps a person become more righteous, more in tune with God's Love.

Lk 12:1-7

In today's Psalm (Ps 31 (32):1-2, 5ab, 5c.11), it is written:

"Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit."

We punish ourselves; we torture ourselves; we hold offense against ourselves. We find it difficult to forgive and to forgive ourselves.

Let us receive God's Love, joy, and peace every day, and we will discover that God Loves us infinitely more than the greatest joy we have ever experienced.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 17, 2025

Saturday, October 18 2025

28th OT

2 Tim 4:10-17b

Saint Paul says: "Luke is the only one with me."

It is a joyful experience to know people who move forward in peace and joy, in the Love of God.

The Lord's evangelization is transmitted through simple joy, the joy of a child.

The basis of a blueberry pie is blueberries.

The basis of the mission of God's work is joy. Not nervous laughter, but the joy of a child.

Luke 10:1-9

Jesus says: "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few."

Let us say that there are many workers who do not know they are capable of joy, peace, and the transmission of these joys.

The joy within us must be shared if we wish to discover (uncover) it more fully.

Let us pray to the Master of the mission to send evangelizers. Let us remember that the Missionary and the Evangelizer are the Holy Spirit, it is his work, it is the work of God.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 18, 2025

Sunday, October 19 2025

28th OT

Ex 17:8-13

"As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight."

What is certain is that it was not God who made them stronger, since God is not at war. God is Love, peace, and joy.

2 Tim 3:14 – 4:2

"From infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."

A musician, Antony Banks, once said that to compose music, he looks for the joyful notes on the keyboard.

To find the treasure, the Heart of God in the Bible, it’s to find His joy. The wisdom of the Scriptures is to find God's joy in the Scriptures.

Luke 18:1-8

Jesus said, "Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night?"

Let us live each day in God's presence, with God's presence within us, and we will not seek him, we will not cry, we will not call out to him. There is no need to call out to God, God knows, God is with us.

God is with us, right now, right now, right now, and he loves us.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 19, 2025

Monday, October 20 2025

29th OT

Rm 4:20-25

"Abraham gave glory to God and was fully convinced that what he had promised."

Jesus accomplished everything. God accomplishes everything with Love.

Lk 12:13-21

Ah, the wisdom of God!

Jesus said, "The things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?"

Our spring cleaning. And it would also be interesting to cleanse our thoughts and entrust to the Lord everything that is negative, then rejoice in what is wise.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Oct 20, 2025

Tuesday, October 21 2025

29th OT

Rm 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21

"How much more did the grace of God and the gracious gift of the one person Jesus Christ overflow for the many?"

Yes, and grace is poured out on us and in us too.

Lk 12:35-38

This sentence is quite simple:

Jesus says, "Be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks."

This means welcoming God's presence, being with him at every moment. In this way, there are no surprises.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Tuesday at 6:32 AM

Wednesday, October 22 2025

29th OT

Rm 6:12-18

"Present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life."

Let us welcome God's life with joy.

Lk 12:39-48

Jesus said: "You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."

We are, in this moment, in peace and rediscover joy. In this precise moment, we realize that God is with us... as always.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Wednesday at 6:17 AM

Thursday, October 23 2025

29th OT

Rm 6:19-23

"You are not under the law but under grace. (v. 14)"

We are God's friends.

Lk 12:49-53

Jesus said: "For from now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three."

This division may seem like family tensions. These tensions do exist. But let us remember that Jesus is not talking about earthly things, but about the reality of heaven.

What does division have to do with heaven? Nothing. But this division is for us. What is the most important division? Cutting off evil and preserving what is of God: Love, joy, and peace.

Let us continue to distance ourselves from evil, from the past, and from the future. Let us live in peace, joy, and the in Love of God from now on.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Thursday at 6:16 AM

Friday, October 24 2025

29th OT

Rm 7, 18-25a

"Who will deliver me from this mortal body?"

This may give the impression that death and sin are the same thing. And this is perhaps why Paul speaks elsewhere not of death but of falling asleep during the transition from this existence to the kingdom of God. It is another way of mentioning resurrection in Christ.

Lk 12:54-59

Jesus said: "You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"

We have a good idea when it will rain or shine.

For the rest, Jesus does not say to interpret the times in which we find ourselves in. He speaks only of the present moment.

We cannot interpret the present moment, nor can we interpret who God is, except for the joy, peace, and love of God within us. And we don't need to interpret this; we only need to experience it in this moment. The present moment is God’s grace.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Friday at 6:51 AM

Saturday, October 25 2025

29th OT

Rm 8:1-11 (Roman Calendar)

"The Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you."

It's clear. That is life.

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1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30

"Lord, my God, and listen to the cry of supplication which I, your servant, utter before you this day. May your eyes be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, My name shall be there; listen to the prayer your servant."

God's presence on earth is in every heart and in every consecrated church.

Eph 2:19-22

"Through Jesus, the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord."

Luke 13:1-9

Jesus says, "If you do not repent, you will all perish."

What is the reality of heaven that Jesus is trying to convey to us? Abide in my peace and joy.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · Saturday at 5:31 AM

Sunday, October 26 2025

30th OT

Si 35:15b-17, 20-22a

"He is a God of justice, who shows no partiality."

God loves every human being. God loves me, God loves us.

2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18

Let us listen to this message from Saint Paul: "From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day."

Paul's heart changed because he opened himself to Christ and allowed himself to be transformed by His Love. He gave the Holy Spirit full space in his life. He gives back to the community what he receives from the Holy Spirit.

Lk 18:9-14

The Gospel is quite long. But you will know which text it is. You can still read it in the NAB-RE, the internet, Daily reading.

The Pharisee takes first place and does not acknowledge his faults. Even more, for him, the others are wrong. He says, "O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income."

Pride gnaws at the Pharisee. One is like that, another is like that, and it continues.

"The tax collector stood off at a distance and says, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'" He acknowledges that he is a sinner, and this is the message Jesus wants to convey to us.

Let's now step outside the text. In our time, there is another possible way of viewing the person who stands at the back.

Let's imagine that they say to themselves in their hearts, 'If I am always in last place, I will surely be a saint and enter heaven at the end of my many days.' This attitude would also be pride.

It's as if he’s saying, 'I will always place myself at the back, because I look at myself and humble myself before the Lord.'

Beware of pride.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · 2025-10-26T05:01:32-0500

Monday, October 27 2025

30th OT

Rm 8:12-17

"You received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!'"

Ah! To live a relationship with God and allow ourselves to be Loved by Him. Marvelous.

Lk 13:10-17

Jesus healed: "Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.

Healing, stems from God's Love and restores peace and joy.

But let us think here of the realities of heaven. There is a resurrection here, a return to joy, a return to God. As soon as a person lives with God in the present, miracles, resurrections... rather, God's Love circulates in their heart and passes through the hearts of the people along their path.

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Normand Thomas.

Normandt · 2025-10-27T06:24:27-0500

Tuesday, October 28 2025

30th OT

Eph 2:19-22

"You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself."

Hallelujah! Glory to God!

Lk 6:12-19

People are waiting for Jesus at the foot of the mountain: "They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured."

The foot of the mountain signifies the low point in the lives of these people. They are exhausted.

Unclean spirits are anything that distances one from God. The negative aspect is an unclean spirit and does not help the existence of the person or those around them.

When we allow Jesus to pass through, the Love of God to pass through, into our lives, we discover wonders.

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