God says : I Love you
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Thank you Lord for Loving me
and thanks for your Love
passing through me
into others hearts.
Homily Saturday, July 11, 2026
Isaiah 6:1-8
"Here I am."
God loves us.
"What is essential is invisible to the eyes." (The Little Prince: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Matthew 10:24-33
"Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known."
Let us welcome God's wisdom and understanding through the joy of the child.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Friday, July 10, 2026
Hosea 14:2-10
“Return to the Lord.”
Let us return to peace; the Lord is here.
Matthew 10:16-23
“It will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.”
To make God’s love known is to sow the seeds of God’s presence, his joy, in people’s hearts.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Thursday, July 9, 2026
Hosea 11:1-4, 8c-9
“I am God, and not a man.”
God has loved us since our childhood; whoever we are, God loves us.
Matthew 10:7-15
“The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
The kingdom of God is Love within us.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
“Israel was a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth.”
Let us return to God in his peace.
Matthew 10:1-7
“Make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Jesus encountered peoples other than Israel. The joy of God is in all the hearts of humanity.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13
"They sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind."
Let us sow the joy of God and receive the joy of hearts.
Matthew 9:32-38
"The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few."
Master of the mission, please send people to evangelize.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Monday, July 6, 2026
Hosea 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22
“I will allure her now; I will lead her into the wilderness.”
The desert is peace, the moment when we return to ourselves. Let us welcome God’s joy.
Matthew 9:18-26
“Courage, daughter!”
The Lord tells us: I am with you.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Sunday, July 5, 2026
Zechariah 9:9-10
“Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he.”
Thank you, Lord, Savior, for living in us.
Romans 8:9, 11-13
“The Spirit of God dwells in you.”
Let us discover the Holy Spirit by welcoming God’s peace and joy.
Matthew 11:25-30
Jesus said, “Come to me.”
Accepting Jesus as our Lord means accepting to live in God’s love.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Saturday, July 4, 26
Amos 9:11-15
“I will restore my people Israel, they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities.”
Let us turn away from evil and return to the Heart of God.
Matthew 9:14-17
“They pour new wine into fresh wineskins.”
The fresh wineskin is the one purified by the joyful Love of God when it is received within us.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Friday, July 3, 2026
Ephesians 2:19-22
“You are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God.”
We are brothers and sisters.
John 20:24-29
Jesus said to Thomas, “Bring your hand and put it into my side.”
The Apostle Thomas discovers the Love that is in the Heart of Jesus.
“Then Thomas said to him, ‘My Lord and my God!’”
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Thursday, July 2, 2026
Amos 7:10-17
“Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”
What is best to teach is what is most real.
Matthew 9:1-8
“Your sins are forgiven.”
It is worthwhile to reflect on the present tense aspect of this statement. God forgives us. Do we forgive ourselves?
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Wedneday 1st July 26
Amos 5:14-15, 21-24
“Seek good and not evil.”
Loving good helps us turn away from evil.
Matthew 8:28-34
“Two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.”
Jesus comes to eliminate aggression, and humanity is set free. Jesus is the Way that opens the door of the heart.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12
“The Lord God reveals his plan to his servants the prophets.”
The Lord reveals himself to everyone who listens to him and receives him. Let us move forward with God’s grace within us and for humanity.
Matthew 8:23-27
“Jesus stood and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.”
Jesus is peace and joy himself.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Monday, June 29, 2026
Acts 12:1-11
“A light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly.” The chains fell from his wrists.’”
Here, the Spirit delivers Peter from prison; it is the same Spirit who delivers us from our inner prisons.
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18
“To God be be glory forever and ever.”
God is with us; he loves us and saves us. Let us remain in God and invite others to allow themselves to be loved by God.
Matthew 16:13-19
“You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.”
Jesus created the Church; he is the Church, but on earth, he entrusted the keys of both the Church and the Kingdom to Peter. Jesus remains the one who guides and leads the Church, so that the world may find ways to remain with God.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Sunday, June 28, 2026
2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a
“The one who stops at our house to dine is a holy man of God.”
Elisha, like Elijah, is a man who simply radiates God’s blessings.
Romans 6:3-4, 8-11
“Through baptism, we are dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus.”
Baptism is entering into a relationship with God’s love.
Matthew 10:37-42
“Whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones…”
We present the cup of water, but it is the Lord who offers it.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Saturday, June 27, 2026
Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19
“Cry out to the Lord from your heart.”
The Lord knows everything. It is best to trust in God.
Matthew 8:5-17
We are all worthy of God’s Love! Because he’s the one who created us.
Homily Friday, June 26
2 Kings 25:1-12
War is not from God. Evil is a separation from God's love.
Matthew 8:1-4
Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will do it. Be made clean.”
He who is pure, through his love, purifies the person.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Thursday, June 25, 2026
2 Kings 24:8-17
War is part of the lives of many kings. But war is never from God. God is peace, joy, and love.
Matthew 7:21-29
"The house built on rock and the house built on sand."
The rock is the Heart of God, the sand is the separation of the Love from the Heart of God.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Isaiah 49:1-6
“In you, I show my glory.”
It remains for each person to desire to abide in God’s splendor.
Acts 13:22-26
John the Baptist called for conversion, inviting people to turn away from evil and welcome Jesus’ Love.
Luke 1:57-66, 80
“The hand of the Lord was with John the Baptist.”
John the Baptist’s spirit was enlightened by the Spirit of the Lord.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Tuesday, June 23, 2026
2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36
“Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you.”
We still hear this today. Someone has been hurt by people who are walking with the Lord. And he will tell himself that it’s the Lord who causes evil.
People can hurt us, but it’s never the Lord.
Matthew 7:6, 12-14
“How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life.”
That is to say, there is only one way: Love, which leads to the Heart of God.
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Normand Thomas.
Homily Monday, June 22, 2026
2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18
In the time these writings were written, people believed that God is good, but also that he can do harm.
However, God does not harm anyone, nor does he encourage evil.
Matthew 7:1-5
"Remove the wooden beam from your eye first."
An interesting method for removing the plank from our eye is to identify the negative things we think and say, as well as what others say to us, and transform them into positive for the future.
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Normand Thomas.
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And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
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