Recent Homilies from Fada Kizito
Homily of the 26th Sunday, YEAR A, September 27, 2026“It Is Never Too Late to Say Yes to God” My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There is something very comforting—and at the same time very challenging—about today’s Gospel. Jesus tells us about a father who has two sons. He goes to the first and says, “Son,
Homily for the 25th Sunday, Year AIsaiah 55:6–9 · Psalm 145 · Philippians 1:20c–24, 27a · Matthew 20:1–16aGrace Is Not a Wage: The God Who Keeps Coming Back My brothers and sisters, There is a detail in today’s Gospel that we almost always rush past on our way to the argument about wages. Listen again to how
Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, September 13, 2026“FORGIVEN TO FORGIVE: THE MERCY THAT SETS US FREE” Friends, forgiveness is powerful. It can heal what medicine cannot heal. It can restore what time cannot restore. It can rebuild what anger has destroyed. It can open a door that pride has kept locked
Homily of the 23rd Sunday, Year A: September 6, 2026Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20″Love enough to warn, care enough to save” My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There is a dangerous kind of love in our world today. It is the kind of love that says, “I don’t want to get involved.” It sees someone destroying his
Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)“When Love Becomes the First Priority” Friends in Christ, Today’s liturgy places before us a radical truth that the modern world struggles to accept: faith in Christ is not an addition to life—it is the reordering of life itself. The Gospel from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 10:37–42) contains
Homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 69; Romans 5:12-15; Matthew 10:26-33“Do Not Be Afraid: God Knows Your Name” Friends, two words echo throughout today’s Gospel like a refrain from the heart of Jesus: “Do not be afraid.” Three times in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells His disciples not to be afraid. Why? Because fear