Today’s gospel contains the account of a rich man who lived a life of extreme luxury while an extremely poor man named Lazarus laid at the gate of this rich man’s house. This parable set out to teach us that wealth is a responsibility and those who engage in charity are already discharging their responsibility […]
Monthly Archives: September 2019
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TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR C EXODUS 32:7-11, 13-14/PSALM: 50(51):3-4, 12-13, 17, 19/ 1 TIMOTHY 1:12-17/ LUKE 15:1-32 Lost but found
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In chapter 15 of Luke’s Gospel, Jesus tells three parables about losing, finding, and rejoicing. They are the parable of the lost sheep, the parable of the lost coin and the parable of the lost son (the prodigal son). All three parables are on the subject of recovering the lost, which is the implicit explanation of […]
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NIGERIA AT THE CROSSROADS OF COLLAPSE: THE WAY FORWARD A TALK DELIVERED BY DANIEL EVBOTOKHAI TO DIOCESE OF AUCHI SEMINARIANS ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR ANNUAL REUNION 3/9/2019
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Introduction ‘From crisis to sustainable development,’ a World Bank publication in 1989 asserts that “underlying the litany of Africa’s development is the crisis of governance.” Governance here means the exercise of political powers to manage the affairs of the nation’s affairs. Therefore, one can say very correctly that the basic setback or hitch of this nation […]