Micah 5:1-4, Psalm 13; Matthew 1:1-6, 18-23 Today the Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne. Scripture does not give an account of Mary’s birth. However, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2020
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1 Corinthians 5:1-8; Psalm 5; Luke 6:6-11 Jesus miraculously restored a withered hand to normality. The scribes and Pharisees rose against it because of protocol and structures of the Law. Every law must give expression to love and compassion; the key principles of the Gospel message. Let us stretch out our hands to express love […]
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Ezekiel 33:7-9/Psalms 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9/Romans 13:8-10/Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20 ******We have three sets of homily notes here. Please scroll down the page.****** Fr Galadima Bitrus, OSA TELLING THE TRUTH IN LOVE AND LOVING IN TRUTH In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI wrote an encyclical letter entitled, “Caritas in Veritate” (Love in Truth), in which he emphasized the […]
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1 Corinthians 4:6-15; Psalm 145; Luke 6:1-5 The Scribes and the Pharisees questions Jesus about the observance of the Sabbath. We are to observe the Sabbath. Nowhere does Jesus give any justification for breaking the Sabbath. No doubt he and his disciples observed it as a day of rest and worship. For the Pharisees life […]
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1 Corinthians 4:1-5; Psalm 37; Luke 5:33-39 *********** Judging others is easy because it distracts us from the responsibility of judging ourselves. Precisely because of this, Paul addressed a group in Corinth who had been judging his excellence. Before you place judgment over another remember that we are at the mercy of God and that […]
Weekday Homily
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY THE TWENTY SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (Memorial of St Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church)
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1 Corinthians 3:18-23; Psalm 23; Luke 5:1-11 ********** Jesus figuratively catches Peter in His net before commanding him to “catch men” for the Kingdom of God. Attention please; the primary mandate of our vocation is to be fishers of men and not fishermen. Men are getting drowned in this world of sin. It is the […]
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ISAIAH 49:15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will never forsake you.” To forsake something or someone means to renounce or entirely turn away from it. It includes to be deserted, to forget, abandoned or to […]
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1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Psalm 33; Luke 4:38-44 ********* “All those who had friends suffering… Brought them to him.” Friends are good; moments when we are weak they help us through their kind words and prayers. What kind of friend are you? Are your friends coming closer to Jesus? Do you lay the intentions of your […]