Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe (43)

Dear brothers,

It’s not always the big battles that wear us down. Often, it’s the waiting. The long, quiet stretches where nothing seems to happen. When prayers feel like they bounce off the ceiling. When God seems silent.

But silence doesn’t mean absence. It doesn’t mean …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Given that today is July 27, 2025, the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, established by Pope Francis, we are especially called to reflect on the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV: “Blessed are those who have not lost …

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

God’s most important work often happens in the quiet places—around kitchen tables, in small family homes, in long, ordinary days filled with love and waiting. Today, as we remember Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of the Blessed …

My brothers,

Today, as we celebrate the Feast of Saint James, Apostle and Martyr, our readings invite us to reflect on the true nature of greatness in God’s kingdom, a greatness found not in worldly ambition, but in humble service and the willingness to embrace …

Dear brothers in Christ,

We return today to the foot of Mount Sinai—a place filled with cloud, fire, and trembling. It’s not an easy scene. God does not arrive gently. There is thunder, smoke, and a voice that shakes the earth. And yet, this is not about fear. It is about …

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

The people of Israel were tired. Tired of walking, tired of waiting, tired of hunger. In the first reading from the Book of Exodus (Exodus 16:1–15), they had been set free from slavery in Egypt, but not from the fear that comes when …

Dear brothers in Christ,

Before dawn had broken, she was already walking. Mary Magdalene, Saint of the Church, apostle to the apostles, disciple of deep, enduring love. She walks through the hush of morning toward the tomb—not with certainty, but with devotion. Not to find …

Dear brothers in Christ,

Sometimes the road to freedom feels more frightening than the chains we’ve grown used to. In our first reading from the Book of Exodus, the Israelites, freshly released from generations of slavery, find themselves in a terrifying place—trapped …

Dear brothers in Christ,

Some years ago, I visited an elderly Jesuit who was mostly blind, hard of hearing, and no longer able to write. But each morning, he would sit in his chair and pray over the day’s readings with a battered breviary and a silence that seemed full. “I …

Dear brothers in Christ,

In the stillness of the night, the people of Israel began their journey. They didn’t march out proudly—they walked quietly, carrying bread baked in haste and hearts filled with longing. Our first reading from the Book of Exodus tells us it was a …

Dear brothers in Christ,

The story from Exodus is heavy with finality. Nine plagues have passed. Pharaoh has resisted, relented, and hardened again. But now the tenth is coming. The Lord will act. Not to humiliate Egypt, but to save a people. To begin again. The night of …

Dear friends in Christ,

This morning’s readings are about burden and deliverance—about the weight we carry, and the God who carries us.

Our first reading, from the Book of Exodus, takes us to the desert, where Moses, a fugitive turned shepherd, stands barefoot before a bush …

Moses wasn’t out looking for God. He was going about his daily work, leading sheep through the desert. He wasn’t praying for a vision, or preparing for a mission. He was just doing what needed to be done that day. And it’s there—in the middle of the ordinary—that God met …

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Today’s readings invite us to reflect on how we respond—to danger, to suffering, to God’s presence and His grace. The readings we just heard speak to a moment of crisis, a moment of choice, and the quiet workings of God amidst it all. …

Fire can do many things. It can destroy, but it can also clean and purify. When Moses sees the burning bush, he sees a fire that burns but does not destroy. This is the kind of fire Jesus came to bring—not a fire of violence, but a fire of truth. It doesn’t burn what’s on …

Dear brother,

The Gospel today brings us into a familiar story. A man lies by the side of the road. Stripped, wounded, half-dead. Two pass by. One stops.

Jesus tells the story and then asks, “Which of these was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” And …

Brothers,

There’s a quiet holiness in a man’s last request—especially when that man is Jacob. Today’s first reading from Genesis 49 brings us his final desire: “Bury me with my fathers.” Not in Egypt’s wealth, but in the cave of Machpelah, where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and …

My dear brothers,

As men who pray, we know that silence is often where God speaks. It is also where trust begins to take root. Today’s readings—Jacob journeying to Egypt, the Psalm’s quiet hope, and Jesus sending out the apostles—draw us into one invitation: to trust God …

This morning’s readings speak to us about wounds—wounds we carry inside, and wounds we show on the outside. Some are physical. Some are emotional. Some are spiritual. But not every wound means something is broken. Some wounds become places where healing begins. Some …

Today’s readings invite us to reflect on how God works through people—flawed, wounded, sometimes unwilling people—to feed the hungry, heal the broken, and carry out His saving work.

We meet Joseph at a moment of deep emotion. His brothers have come to Egypt seeking food. …

The readings this morning are about struggle, silence, and being sent. They show us that God often works not when life is easy or clear, but when we are weary, unsure, and in the dark. When we don’t have the answers, but still hold on.

Jacob, in the first reading, is in that …

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

This morning’s readings remind us that God often draws near when life is most uncertain. Not in comfort, but in chaos. Not when we feel strong, but when we are tired, lost, or afraid.

In our first reading from the Book of Genesis , we …

Today’s readings are about the kind of joy that doesn’t come from what we own or achieve, but from being sent by God. A joy that doesn’t depend on having power, money, or comfort—but flows from carrying peace in our hearts. A joy that’s quiet and steady, like water returning …

My brothers in Christ,

The human heart is a strange vessel. It holds both memory and hope, both ache and yearning. Like wineskins stretched by time, our souls can grow rigid with habit, worn by repetition, reluctant to contain the wild, fermenting grace of something new. But …

Good morning, everyone,

Sometimes, it’s in the quiet acts—measured steps, open hands, a fair word spoken—that mercy takes shape. Today’s readings unfold like this: slowly, steadily, as though God were whispering, This is how I move—quietly, faithfully, mercifully.

We begin …

This morning’s readings are about foundations—about what holds us up when everything else feels uncertain. They are about wounds and walls, about doubt and belief, about a Church built not on perfect people, but on people like Thomas.

We often call him “doubting Thomas,” but …

Today’s readings are about being cast out—and being heard by God.

Hagar is sent into the desert with her son, Ishmael. She has no shelter, no water, no future. When the water runs out, she places her child under a bush and walks away. She cannot bear to watch him die. She …

Sometimes, life takes unexpected turns. Not suddenly with commotion. But quietly. Slowly. Like a mud hut crumbling after heavy rain. Plans eventually fall through. Strength gradually runs out. Even our prayers feel weak—like whispers lost in the wind.

In those moments, what …

There is something almost audacious in Abraham’s conversation with the Lord today—a quiet man standing before divine fire, daring to speak, daring to plead, daring to ask again and again: What if there are fifty? Forty? Thirty? Not for himself, but for others. Abraham …

My brothers in the Lord,

Today, the Church pauses her rhythm to honour two lives at her foundation. Two apostles. Two martyrs. Two men—so different in story, yet so united in surrender. Peter and Paul.

One was a fisherman—earthy, impulsive, unsure of his strength. The other, …

My dear friends,

We gather today to celebrate the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and we do so the day after the Sacred Heart of Jesus. These two hearts—one human, one divine—beat in perfect harmony, guiding us to understand the depth of God’s love and the way …

My dear brothers and sisters,

Some truths ask us not to rush. They draw us in slowly, like walking into a quiet chapel, asking us to listen more with the heart than the mind. Today, the Church gives us one of these truths to contemplate—the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This feast …

Today’s readings speak quietly, but clearly, about trust, patience, and the love of God that never runs out.

The first reading tells the story of Abram and Sarai—a couple who had waited a long time for God’s promise. God had told Abram he would have many descendants, as many …

Abram stands in the night, empty-handed and ageing. He has left behind all that was familiar. He has followed a voice into a land he does not yet understand. And now, he waits.

Then God says, gently, as if to a friend: “Look up. Count the stars, if you can. So shall your …

The Church pauses today to celebrate the birth of John the Baptist—not just as a historical event, but as a moment that invites us to reflect on the way God prepares the world for His presence. John’s birth marks a turning point: it signals that something new is about …

Abram’s story begins not with a triumph… but with a call—a simple command: “Go.” He is not yet Abraham, the father of nations. He is just a man living an ordinary life when the God of promise interrupts his routine and invites him into the unknown. No map. No …

On this solemn feast of Corpus Christi, we gather not only to remember a sacred event but to receive a living Person. We come not merely to observe, but to be drawn into the quiet centre of our faith: the Body and Blood of Christ, given for us.

The Scriptures today do not …

Hidden wounds often speak louder than visible victories. Paul’s mysterious thorn—a persistent ache within his being—became not a mark of shame but a source of divine revelation. Amid his plea for deliverance came God’s quiet assurance: “My grace is sufficient for you; …

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

In the quiet moments of life, when the noise fades, a fundamental question emerges: What do I truly treasure? It’s not just about what we say we value, but what our hearts truly cling to, revealing where our priorities lie.

Saint Paul …

There are few things more revealing than what we’re willing to give up for love.

Today’s readings press that question into our hearts. St Paul, worn yet unwavering, speaks with the ache of someone who has emptied himself for his people. The psalmist, wide-eyed with wonder, …

There’s something quietly Eucharistic about an open hand. It gives. It receives. It doesn’t cling. It doesn’t grasp. “God loves a cheerful giver,” St Paul tells us—not the calculating giver, not the reluctant one, but the one whose giving flows from joy. The one whose life …

My dear brothers,

Today, St Paul offers us a glimpse into the hearts of the Macedonian churches—communities marked by suffering and poverty. And yet, he says, “their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity” (2 Corinthians 8:2). They …

There is something quietly transformative about the way St. Paul speaks today—not in defiance, but in the unwavering serenity of someone who has been broken open by suffering and found there, not despair, but grace. His is not the voice of a hardened warrior but of a servant …