Father Weerackoon’s Homilies and Talks

4th Sunday of Advent

Even amid all the pain we might go through in life, even when it seems impossible to find joy, even when we are experiencing pain that no one else seems to notice or care about, there is one question to ask: Why is God so good to me? How is it that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Because the Lord does not abandon us, He does not leave us alone. What God asks of us is that we have great trust in Him and in His promises, no matter how impossible they may seem.

3rd Sunday of Advent

St. Paul doesn't just say Have no anxiety. He also gives the antidote to anxiety - it's prayer and eucharistias - in other words, prayer and thanksgiving. And if we ask the Lord for what we need for our salvation and then step into the situation with confidence that the Lord would provide, we will have no anxiety, but instead we will be able to rejoice always and be at peace.

Immaculate Conception

Mary is full of grace, but she doesn’t hoard or keep all this grace for herself. She helps pour grace into all of us, so that we too can be pure, holy, and immaculate.

2nd Sunday of Advent

Just like the the Lord spoke through the prophet Baruch that he would bring the people back from exile and restore them, so too the Lord wants to restore us from the damage sin inflicts on us. And so when we go to Confession with trust that God can break the chains of sin in our lives, God gives us His mercy. When we receive God in the Eucharist, we give God our hearts, and He gives us His heart and Himself. And when we give God our lives, He gives us salvation.

1st Sunday of Advent

Advent is about two things - preparing for the birth of Christ in our hearts, and preparing ourselves for when He comes again and when we stand before the throne of God. So this Advent, raise your heads and ask Christ for the gift of temperance so that our hearts do not become "drowsy with carousing and drunkenness" and for the gift of temperance so that we may be free from "the anxieties of daily life." 

Christ the King

The power of Christ's rule is based on truth. And if we live in the Truth, then we will live as sons in the Son and as king in the King.

33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time

We are in a battle. And in the midst of this spiritual battle, we must unite ourselves to Christ who leads us into battle, who washes us by the blood that gushed forth from His heart, and who strengthens us as His soldiers, because His wounds heals our wounds.

32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

We will not be measured by how much money we give, but by how much we kept. We will not be measured by how much of our time and talents we give, but by how we give. We will not be measured by the extent of our goods that we give, but the depth of the love that we give. Because giving even a little, matters much.

31st Sunday of Ordinary Time

We will only be able to love God when we become conscious of God's love for us. If mortal sin is keeping you from receiving Jesus in Holy Communion, receive God's tender love and mercy from Confession so you can receive the greatest gift of all - God Himself.

All Saints

There are saints just like us in heaven who know exactly what we are going through, so look them up, because our great calling, our great joy, and our great hope is to be saints amongst the saints in the halls of heaven.