Recent Homilies from Fada Kizito
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Year A Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24; Rom 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24“Do not be afraid to take Mary into your home.” FRIENDS, we stand today at the very edge of Christmas. The waiting for Advent is almost complete, and the Church places before us a quiet, almost hidden figure: Saint Joseph.
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Psalm 146; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11,“Joy That Finds Us” Friends!On this Gaudete Sunday—Rejoice Sunday—the readings proclaim a truth our weary world often forgets: God’s joy does not wait for perfect circumstances; it breaks into the desert places of our lives. Isaiah speaks of
December 8, 2025: Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, our MotherGenesis 3:9-15, 20; Psalm 98; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38Grace That Starts Before the Wound Brothers and sisters, today the Church celebrates a miracle of prevenient grace—grace that arrives before the wound, light that dawns before the night is fully dark. In Mary’s Immaculate Conception,
Second Sunday of Advent, Year AIsaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9; Matthew 3:1-12When God Grows in Our Ruins Friends, imagine a field of tree stumps after a forest has been cut down: silent, lifeless, finished. That is how Israel felt—cut down by exile, failure, and sin. Into that landscape Isaiah speaks: “A shoot shall sprout from
First Sunday of Advent, Year AIsaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44Wake Up to Hope! Brothers and sisters in Christ, Today we begin a new liturgical year — a new spiritual journey. Advent is not simply a countdown to Christmas. Advent is not a soft, sentimental season; it begins with a jolt. “You know the time…
Homily for the Christ the King Sunday, Year C“A Kingdom Not of Power, but of Surrender” Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we come today to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time—the Solemnity of Christ the King—we are invited to look at Jesus not simply as a figure of heavenly majesty, but as the King who