Recent Homilies from Fada Kizito
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
Homily for the 33rd Sunday – Year C Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98; 2 Thess.3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 Endurance in a World That Feels Like It’s Ending Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we approach the end of the liturgical year, the Church invites us to meditate on the “last things”—not to frighten us, but to wake us
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica -Year C· Ezekiel 47:1–2, 8–9, 12 · Psalm 46 · 1 Corinthians 3:9–11, 16–17 · John 2:13–22You Are the Living Temple of God Dear friends in Christ, Today the Church celebrates something very beautiful and deeply meaningful—the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. At first,