ACTS 16:1-10; PSALM 100; JOHN 15:18-2 “Servants are not greater than their master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.” Following Jesus also means sharing his lot, being rejected and even hated by ‘the world’ because our values are different. As Christians we should […]
Monthly Archives: May 2022
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ACTS 15:22-31; PSALM 57; JOHN 15:12-17 Love one another as I have loved you. This is not a burden or an impossible task, but an invitation to the fullness of love and life that Jesus lived. Again, Jesus says “I do not call you servants any longer … but friends.” The Patriarchs, Moses and the […]
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ACTS 15:7-21; PSALM 96; JOHN 15:9-11 “Remain in my love” Jesus asked his disciples to remain in his love. How can this be? We can remain in his love only when we keep his commandments. We cannot claim to love God and not keep his commandments. In the first reading, the early Church practiced […]
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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 Branches depend on the stem for survival; but stems do not depend on its branches for survival. Jesus says in John.15:5 apart from me you can do nothing. St Paul imitates these words in Phil.4:13 saying; “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” Despite the frustration a branch may go […]
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𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓’𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄 (𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝟏𝟕/𝟓/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐) John 14:27 says “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” Jesus’ farewell wish is ‘Peace!’ Jesus knew we need peace as his disciples to […]
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Acts 14:5-18; Psalm 113; John 14:21-26 Paul and Barnabas fled to Laconia – in modern day southern Turkey because both the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders plot to kill them. When the Lycaonians witnessed the miracle and gospel message of Paul they said to themselves “The gods have come down to us in […]
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Acts 14:21-27/ Ps.145: / Rev. 21:1-5/ John. 13:31-33a, 34-35 Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Love as He has loved us All the readings today present us with the theme “Newness”. What is new? In the first reading, it is the new communities founded by Paul and Barnabas. In the Second reading, it is […]
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ACTS 1:15-17, 20-26; PSALM 113; JOHN 15:9-17 None of the three synoptic gospels mentions Matthias among the lists of disciples or followers of Jesus, but according to Acts of the Apostles, he was with Jesus from his baptism until his Ascension. To uncover his personality, the first reading speaks of the election of Matthias as one of the […]
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Do you want to make it in a hurry? Listen! Success is real and failure is real. The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. The only difference is that the road to success is much longer. Many of us in this generation are lovers of shortcut. […]
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ACTS 13:13-25/PSALM 89:2-3,21,22,25,27/ JOHN 13:16-20 SERVICE “Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him” (John 13:16). Service is what makes a servant relevant. Jesus recounted severally in this gospel that he is one with the Father; because he came to […]