Sunday, October 12 2025
28th OT
2 Kings 5:14-17
I invite us to read the complete story of King Naaman and Elisha. Here, we only have the end. It is worth the joy of reading this story starting from verse 1. 2 Kings 14:1-17
Naaman was a general, and a leper.
He was sent to Elisha, who did not receive him, but sent a servant to tell him to bathe seven times in the Jordan River.
Naaman became very angry. Elisha did not do as the general had previously said, with oil and healers. So he refused to bathe.
But his servants said to him, "If the prophet told you to do something extraordinary, would you not do it? All the more since he told you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?" Naaman went and bathed.
We too often think that the spiritual life must be difficult. There is nothing difficult with God. It's too easy.
As Saint Pope John XXIII tells us: "Let us simplify complicated things and not complicate simple things."
2 Tim 2:8-13
"If we persevere we shall also reign with him."
It is not necessary to endure temptation to reign. The reign of God is gentle and simple. Let us become more ourselves, balanced in God's Love, and the radiance (reign) of God’s will touch and rejoice the hearts around us.
Luke 17:11-19
The purified man replies to Jesus:
"This foreigner returned to give thanks to God!"
And yet, it is so simple to give glory, to give thanks to God. Every time we experience joy and peace, let us give thanks, and give glory to God.
Every time we do something good, let us give glory to God, for it is He who gives us the goodness to be good. This will also remind us that God is with us at every moment.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Weekly homilies
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
Re: Weekly homilies
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.
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.
Biblical texts: NAB-RE
Normand Thomas.